Gregorio Modrego was commissioned with the deceased cardinal's military duties. In 1942, Modrego was appointed bishop of Barcelona. During all that time, the Patriarchate remained vacant. In 1946, the Bishop of Madrid Leopoldo Eijo y Garay was appointed Patriarch of the West Indies, but without the Military Ordinariate, which was established once more as a military archbishopric in 1950, this time without any association with the patriarch's title. Since Eijo's death, this titular patriarchate has remained vacant and is not considered likely to be filled. List of Patriarchs of the West Indies See also Patriarch of the East Indies Grand Inquisitor List of Roman Catholic archdiocese Patriarchs References External links GCatholic, with incumbents list linking to biographies 1524 establishments in North America West Indies West Spanish colonization of the Americas