[2] Gomá was an integrista in the technical sense in believing in the necessity of a confessional state that imposes upon all its subjects the profession and practice of the Roman Catholic religion and prohibits all others.

[3] At the end of the war, he wrote; "The Church has applied the full weight of her prestige, which has been placed at the service of truth and justice, to bring about the triumph of the National Cause.

His priesthood was the stepping stone to his final position as archbishop and shaped his approach to his leadership in later life, when he became one of the time's most memorable bishops.

Gomá was appointed as bishop of Tarazona[7] on 20 June 1927 by Pius XI, who was the head of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939 and highlighted the importance of social justice.

He played a very important role in guiding ministry even during a time of stress and change as Spain, which faced political instability.

He gave his best efforts to increase religion despite the Spanish Republic's reforms, especially those that tried to limit the influence of the church in daily life.

However, Spain then underwent much commotion because of the Spanish Civil War, which greatly stressed Gomá, who was in charge of protecting his diocese.

Gomá saw the Republican forces, which included left-wing, socialist and anti-religious elements, as threatening to the Catholic Church and Spanish society.

[1] Gomá's fiery preaching, exhortations to massacre the "Reds" and repeated benedictions of Franco's guns and tanks were heavily opposed by the French Catholic writer Georges Bernanos, who was a right-wing sympathiser, in his book "Les grands cimetières sous la lune" (The Great Graveyards under the Moonlight), a first-hand account, with pamphletary overtones, of the war that he witnessed in the Balearic island of Mallorca.