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| AGNELO Geraldo Majella |
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| Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, was born on 19 October 1933 in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of São Paulo on 29 June 1957 and holds a doctorate in liturgy from the Pontifical Athenaeum of St Anselm, Rome. |
| He was director of the philosophical seminary, Aparecida, spiritual director and professor at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Ipiranga, professor of liturgical and sacramental theology at Pius XI Theological Institute and rector of Our Lady of the Assumption Seminary. |
| On 5 May 1978 he was appointed Bishop of Toledo and received episcopal ordination on 6 August. On 4 October 1982 he was promoted to Archbishop of Londrina. He was President of the Brazilian Bishops' Liturgical Commission. On 16 September 1991 he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He was named Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia on 13 January 1999. |
| In May 1999 he was nominated Vice President of CELAM. Elected president of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops in May 2003. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Titular church, St. Gregory the Great at Magliana Nuova. |
| Curial Membership: |
| * Migrant and Itinerant Peoples (council) |
| * Cultural Heritage of the Church (commission) |
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| AGRÉ Bernard |
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| Cardinal Bernard Agré, Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, was born on 2 March 1926 in Monga, Côte d'Ivoire. He was ordained on 20 July 1953 and holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome. |
| He was a headmaster in Dabou, rector of the pre-seminary in Bingerville, parish priest of Notre Dame Parish in Treichville and Vicar General of Abidjan. On 8 June 1968 he was appointed Bishop of Man and received episcopal ordination on 3 October. On 6 March 1992 he was named Bishop of the new Diocese of Yamoussoukro and on 19 December 1994 was promoted to Archbishop of Abidjan. |
| From 1985 until 1991, he was President of the Episcopal Conferences of Francophone West Africa (CERAO) and, from 1972 until 1996, Chairman of the Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS). |
| He was also a member of the Committee of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Titular church, S. Giovanni Chrysostom a Monte Sacro Alto. |
| President Delegate for the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2001). |
| Curial membership: |
| * Evangelization of Peoples (congregation) |
| * Family, Justice and Peace, Social Communications (councils) |
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| ÁLVAREZ MARTÍNEZ Francisco |
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| Cardinal Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Archbishop emeritus of Toledo, Spain, was born on 14 July 1925 in Santa Eulalia de Ferroñes Llanera, Spain. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Oviedo on 11 June 1950 and holds a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Comillas, Madrid. |
| He was personal secretary to Archbishop Lauzurica y Torralba and did parish work in the Corredoría neighbourhood. He was later chancellor and secretary of the Archdiocesan Curia and also served as chaplain to university students of the Teresian Institute. |
| On 13 April 1973 he was appointed Bishop of Tarazona and received episcopal ordination on 3 June. He was named Bishop of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño on 20 December 1976 and was transferred to Orihuela-Alicante on 12 May 1989. He was promoted to Archbishop of Toledo on 23 June 1995, and was a member of the Standing Commission and the Executive Committee of the Spanish Episcopal Conference. |
| Archbishop emeritus of Toledo, 24 October 2002. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Titular church, Holy Mary ‘Queen of Peace’ in Monte Verde. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Christian Unity, Laity (councils) |
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| AMBROZIC Aloysius Matthew |
| AMIGO VALLEJO Carlos, O.F.M. |
| ANTONELLI Ennio |
| ARINZE Francis |
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| Cardinal Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was born on 1 November 1932 in Eziowelle, a city of the Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria. At the age of fifteen, he began his secondary studies at the All Hallowa Seminary (Ognissanti) of Nuewi, studies which he concluded in 1950 at Enugu. For the following two years he taught at the same seminary until 1953, when he took up philosophy studies at Bigard Memorial Seminary at Enugu. In 1955 he began to take courses in theology at the Pontifical Urban University. Only three years later he was ordained to the priesthood during a ceremony which took place at the church of the Pontifical Urban University in Rome on 23 November 1958. |
| From 1961-1962, he was professor of liturgy and also taught logic and basic philosophy at Bigard Memorial Seminary at Enugu. He was then appointed regional secretary for Catholic education for the eastern part of his country. When transferred to London, he took courses at the Institute of Pedagogy, earning a diploma in 1964. |
| On 6 July 1965 he was appointed to the titular church of Fissiana and named coadjutor to the Archbishop of Onitsha. On 29 August 1965 he was consecrated bishop. Only two years after he was asked to take over the pastoral government of the archdiocese, and on 26 June 1967 he was named archbishop. |
| In 1979 his brother bishops elected him president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, which post he filled until 1984, when John Paul II asked him to head as pro- president the Secretariat for Non-Christians (now the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue). |
| He remained Archbishop of Onitsha until April 1985, while awaiting the nomination of his successor to assume the pastoral administration of the Archdiocese. In addition, in 1982 he was elected vice-president for Africa of the United Bible Society. |
| President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, 27 May 1985 - 1 October 2002. |
| On 8 May 1994, he presided in the capacity of first President Delegate at the solemn closing of the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops at the altar of the Chair of St. Peter’s Basilica. |
| On 24 October 1999 he received a gold medallion from the International Council of Christians and Jews for his "outstanding achievements in inter-faith relations". |
| He was also a member of the Committee of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. |
| On 1 October 2002 he was nominated Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Doctrine of the Faith, Oriental Churches, Causes of Saints, Evangelization of Peoples (congregations) |
| * Laity, Christian Unity, Culture (councils) |
| * International Eucharistic Congresses (committee) |
| * Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops |
| * Special Council for Africa and Special Council for Lebanon of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 25 May 1985, of the Title of S. Giovanni della Pigna (deaconry raised pro hac vice to presbyteral title on 29 January 1996). |
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| BAC(KIS Audrys Juozas |
| Cardinal Audrys Juozas Bac(kis, Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania, was born on 1 February 1937 in Kaunas, Lithuania. He grew up in France, where his father was a foreign service officer at the Lithuanian Legation, Paris. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Kaunas on 18 March 1961 and holds a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. |
| He entered the Holy See's diplomatic service in 1964 and was posted to the Philippines, Costa Rica, Turkey, Nigeria and the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church. He was the Council's Undersecretary from 1979 to 1988. |
| On 5 August 1988 he was appointed titular Archbishop of Meta and Apostolic Nuncio in The Netherlands, receiving episcopal ordination on 4 October. |
| On 24 December 1991 he was named Archbishop of Vilnius. He is presently serving as President of the Lithuanian Bishops' Conference. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Titular church, Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Via Gallia. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Catholic Education (congregation) |
| * Social Communications (council) |
| * Cultural Heritage (commission) |
| * Special Council for Europe of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops |
| BARBARIN Philippe |
| Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyon (France), was born on 17 October 1950 in Rabat, Morocco. He was ordained a priest on 17 December 1977 for the Diocese of Créteil, France, and holds degrees in philosophy and theology. |
| Cardinal Barbarin served as vicar and chaplain for students in Vincennes and as a student chaplain and parochial vicar in Saint-Maur. In Boissy-Saint-Léger he served as parish priest and as chaplain for students and was the diocesan delegate for ecumenism. |
| He was a fidei donum priest and lecturer of theology at the Major Seminary of Fianarantsoa in Madagascar, as well as a parish priest of Bry-sur-Marne. |
| On 1 October 1998, John Paul II nominated him as Bishop of Moulins, and the Archbishop of Fianarantsoa conferred episcopal ordination on him on 22 November 1998. |
| Cardinal Barbarin is a member of the Social Commission of the Bishops’ Conference of France. He also serves as President of the Bishops' Committee for Health. |
| Since 16 July 2002 he has been Archbishop of Lyons. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 October 2003. Titular church, the Most Holy Trinity in Monte Pincio. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (congregations) |
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| BAUM William Wakefield |
| Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, Major Penitentiary emeritus and Archbishop emeritus of Washington was born on 21 November 1926 in Dallas, USA. At an early age he moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he received his primary education at St. Peter’s parochial school. |
| In 1939, at age 13, he entered St. John’s Minor Seminary of Kansas City. He did his philosophical and theology studies at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. At the end of his priestly formation he was ordained a priest on 12 May 1951. In the following years, he served as curate at the Parish of St. Aloysius in Kansas City and taught theology and Church history at the College of St. Theresa. |
| In 1956 he was sent by his bishop to Rome, where he received a doctorate in theology from the "Angelicum" University in 1958. He returned to the United States and was named pastor of Sugar Creek near Kansas City, and served as notary of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal, secretary of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and vice-chancellor of the curia. Due to his particular interest in the cause of Christian unity, he was chosen to speak as an expert (peritus) during the Second Vatican Council. He was also one of the Catholic delegates at several sessions of the Geneva- based World Council of Churches. He was the executive secretary of the Committee for Ecumenical Affairs of the NCCB from 1964 to 1967. During the same period, he served as parish priest of St. James and chancellor of the diocesan curia of Kansas City. |
| On 18 February 1970, Paul VI nominated him bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau; he was consecrated bishop on 6 April 1970. On 5 March 1973 he was named Archbishop of Washington. During the same time he was also the president of the Commission for Ecumenical Affairs of the NCCB. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Paul VI in the consistory of 24 May 1976. Titular church Holy Cross in Via Flaminia. |
| He was nominated perfect of the Congregation for Catholic Education by John Paul II on 15 January 1980 (until April 1990). Archbishop emeritus of Washington, 18 March 1980. |
| From 6 April 1990 until 22 November 2001 he served as Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Bishops, Oriental Churches, Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Evangelization of Peoples (congregations) |
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| BERGOGLIO Jorge Mario, S.I. |
| Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite, was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos Aires. He was ordained for the Jesuits on 13 December 1969 during his theological studies at the Theological Faculty of San Miguel. |
| He was novice master in San Miguel, where he also taught theology. He was Provincial for Argentina (1973-79) and rector of the Philosophical and Theological Faculty of San Miguel (1980-86). After completing his doctoral dissertation in Germany, he served as a confessor and spiritual director in Córdoba. |
| On 20 May 1992 he was appointed titular Bishop of Auca and Auxiliary of Buenos Aires, receiving episcopal consecration on 27 June. On 3 June 1997 was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires and succeeded Cardinal Antonio Quarracino on 28 February 1998. He is also Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Titular church, St. Robert Bellarmine. |
| Adjunct Relator General of the 10th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, October 2001. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Divine Worship and Sacraments, Clergy, Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (congregations) |
| * Family (council) |
| * Latin America (commission) |
| * Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops |
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| BERTONE Tarcisio, S.D.B. |
| Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., Archbishop of Genoa (Italy), was born on 2 December 1934 in Romano Canavese, Italy. He was ordained on 1 July 1960. He holds a licence in theology with a dissertation on tolerance and religious freedom and a doctorate in canon law. |
| He has been professor of special moral theology at the Pontifical Salesian University, 1967; professor of canon law, 1976-91; and dean of the Faculty of Canon Law, 1979-85. He collaborated in several Roman parishes and has also worked on the final phase of the revision of the Code of Canon Law, directing the working group that translated the Code into Italian for the Italian Episcopal Conference. Since the 1980s, he has served as consultor in several dicasteries of the Roman Curia, especially in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. |
| On 1 August 1991 he was ordained Archbishop of Vercelli. Since 1995 he has been Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, charged by Pope John Paul II with the care of the publication of the third part of the “secret” of Fatima. |
| On 10 December 2002 he was nominated Archbishop of Genoa. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of 21 October 2003, of the Title of Holy Mary Auxiliatrix in Via Tuscolana (deaconry raised pro hac vice to presbyterial title). |
| Curial membership: |
| * Doctrine of the Faith, Clergy (congregations) |
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| BIFFI Giacomo |
| Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, Archbishop emeritus of Bologna, was born on 13 June 1928 in Milan, Italy. He did his studies at the seminaries of the archdiocese of Milan. He received a doctorate in theology from the Faculty of Theology at Venegono. His thesis was entitled La colpa e la libertà nell’ordierna condizione umana. |
| He was ordained priest on 23 December 1950 in Milan. He taught dogmatic theology at seminaries in Milan and published numerous prestigious works on theology, catechetics and meditation. |
| He served as parish priest at the Parish of the Ss. Martiri Anauniani in Legnano, a populated community of labourers. Nine years later, he was transferred to Milan, to the Parish of St. Andrea, where he stayed for 6 years during which he created the first Parochial Pastoral Council. He was the canon theologian of the metropolitan chapter and episcopal vicar for culture. |
| On 7 December 1975 he was nominated titular Bishop of Fidene and Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Milan. He received episcopal ordination on 11 January 1976. He founded and directed the Pastoral Institute of Lombardy. |
| On 19 April 1984 John Paul II called him from Milan where he was Auxiliary to lead the Church of Bologna after the sudden death of Archbishop Enrico Manfredini. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 25 May 1985. Titular church Sts. John the Evangelist and Petronius. |
| During Lent of 1989 he was called to preach the spiritual exercises for the Roman Curia in which the Holy Father took part. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Clergy, Catholic Education, Evangelization of Peoples (congregations) |
| Archbishop emeritus of Bologna, 16 December 2003. |
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| BOZANIC' Josip |
| Cardinal Josip Bozanic', Archbishop of Zagreb, was born on 20 March 1949 in Rijeka, Croatia. He was ordained a priest on 29 June 1975 and holds a licentiate in dogmatic theology and in canon law. |
| Cardinal Bozanic' served as chancellor and as vicar general of the Curia of Krk. He was lecturer of dogmatic theology and of canon law at the Theological Institute of Rijeka. On 25 June 1989 he was ordained as Coadjutor Bishop of Krk and in 1989 was appointed as Bishop. He has served as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Rijeka-Senj. Within the Bishops’ Conference of Croatia, he served as President of the Commission for the Laity and as member of the Permanent Council, and since 1996 has been President of the Commission for Relations with the State. In 1997, he was elected President of the Bishops’ Conference of Croatia and was reconfirmed in 2002. |
| In 2001 Cardinal Bozanic' became Vice-President of the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, a position he continues to hold. |
| On 5 July 1997 he was nominated Archbishop of Zagreb. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 October 2003. Titular church, St. Jerome of the Croatians. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (congregation) |
| * Laity (council) |
| * Special Council for Europe of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops |
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| CACCIAVILLAN Agostino |
| Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, President emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, was born on 14 August 1926 in Novale di Valdagno (Vicenza), Italy. He was ordained for the Diocese of Vicenza on 26 June 1949. |
| He served as a curate for three years before earning advanced degrees in social science and law and attending the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome. He was later posted to the Philippines, Spain, Portugal and the Secretariat of State. |
| On 17 January 1976 Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in Kenya and Apostolic Delegate in Seychelles, promoting him to titular Archbishop of Amiternum. He received episcopal ordination on 28 February. Other posts included Apostolic Pro-Nuncio in India (1981) and Pro-Nuncio in Nepal (1985), Apostolic Nuncio in the United States of America and Permanent Observer at the Organization of American States (1990). He was nominated President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See since 5 November 1998. President emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, 1 October 2002. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001. Diaconate of the Holy Guardian Angels at Città Giardino. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Oriental Churches, Bishops, Evangelization of Peoples; Causes of Saints (congregations) |
| * Apostolic Signatura (tribunal) |
| * Legislative Texts (council) |
| * Latin America, Vatican City State (commission) |
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| CARLES GORDÓ Ricardo María |
| Cardinal Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona (Spain), was born in Valencia, Spain on 24 September 1926. He was educated at the Teresian school in Valencia and went on to complete his secondary education with the Jesuit Fathers at St Joseph's College in the same city. His memories and opinions on this period are very positive. Indeed he declares that 'the basic culture and Christian spirit of these years endure, together with the need for the practice of several human and Christian virtues, with a type of discipline which has deeply favoured our development. I feel deeply grateful for the formation we received as the boys we were then'. |
| 'With regard to my family', the new Cardinal also declared, 'if I look at the beginning of my biography, I find the faith of a child, fostered by the energetic and sound faith of a good father who saw everything in the light of the faith, and by the tenderness of a mother, a tenderness so evident as to encourage me to open my small child's heart to God's love. A faith shared by a brother a little older than me - God gave no other children to my parents - but who was far greater than me in human virtue and Christian life. And the more I think of him - he is dead as are my parents - the more vivid and exemplary his witness of faith seems to me'. |
| After a period of discernment - during which he found the guidance of a diocesan priest and a very wise and holy monk most useful - despite feeling deeply attracted to scientific studies, especially chemistry - he decided to devote his life to the commitment of full consecration to God. He entered the Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Valencia where he embarked upon ecclesiastical studies. During those years he was a pupil at the 'Corpus Christi' College (also called of the Patriarch) of Valencia. He was ordained priest in the same city on 29 June 1951. He subsequently obtained a degree in canon law at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (1953). |
| In his native Diocese he carried out various parish tasks including that of parish priest and archpriest of Ternes di Valldigna (1953) and rector of the parish of San Fernando in the city of Valencia (1967). He devoted himself particularly to the pastoral care of youth and was councillor of the JOC, an apostolate for young labourers. He still maintains his contact and friendship with many of the young members of the JOC, today parents of families. He was subsequently appointed rector of the boarding-school for deacons, episcopal delegate for the clergy and diocesan councillor for the family apostolate. |
| On 6 June 1969 he was nominated Bishop of Tortosa and on 3 August he was ordained. |
| His conciliar attitude led him to reinforce institutions for the communion and participation of priests and lay people in the apostolate. He convoked and promoted a diocesan Synod - the only one celebrated in the post conciliar period in this Catalan Diocese - widely attended by lay people from all the parishes of Tortosa. Several Synodal constitutions were the result of this Synod and identified diocesan pastoral options which were clearly evangelizing and missionary. |
| He has been a member of various episcopal commissions, president of the sub-commission for the family and president of the commission for seminaries and universities. |
| On 23 March 1990, the Holy Father named him Archbishop of Barcelona and on 27 May that same year he took possession of the Archdiocese. During his episcopate in Barcelona, his conciliar spirit led him to establish presbyterial and pastoral diocesan councils. |
| His Guidelines for diocesan pastoral care materialized in the Pastoral Plan: 'Identity, Communion, Evangelization' addressed to five categories: non-practising believers, non-believers, youth, the marginalized, immigrants and families. His ministry at the head of the Archdiocese aimed to raise the standard of spirituality - in particular he created the Barcelona Institute for Spiritual Theology which has already been functioning for four years - and to promote the pastoral care of the marginalized by means of social action in the neediest areas of the great city of Barcelona and its industrial suburbs. The problems that most concern Archbishop Carles Gordó are the diocesan seminary - currently it has 100 students - and priestly vocations. He has reorganized the vast Archdiocese, which has 4 million inhabitants, into four episcopal zones entrusted to five auxiliary Bishops who were appointed after his arrival in the Archdiocese of Barcelona. Together with the other Catalan Dioceses - suffragans of the Archdiocese of Tarragona - and through a special concession granted by the Holy Father, the Archdiocese of Barcelona is also taking part in the Provincial Council of Tarragona, prepared for by a detailed reflection in all the parishes and pastoral groups and whose sessions will take place during the coming year. |
| One of the topics which most interests the Archbishop of Barcelona is the relationship between faith and culture. He is the author of a book entitled precisely Fe y Cultura, which is a collection of conferences and studies on this theme and the weekly pastoral letters which he started to produce while he was still Bishop of Tortosa. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination, he has published the work Cartas desde la vida misma, which gathers his weekly writings on current topics, published in various journals and broadcast on the radio. Indeed, Archbishop Carles Gordó attaches great importance to the presence of the Christian message in the modern media. |
| Archbishop emeritus of Barcelona, 15 June 2004. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of 26 November 1994, of the Title of St. Mary of Consolation inTiburtino. |
| Curial membership: |
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| Catholic Education (congregation) |
| * Economic Affairs of the Holy See (office) |
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| Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organizational and Economic Affairs of the Holy See |
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| CASTRILLÓN HOYOS Darío |
| Cardinal Darío CASTRILLÓN HOYOS , Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei , was born on 4 July 1929 in Medellín, Colombia. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Medellín on 26 October 1952 following his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where he also earned a doctorate in canon law. He also specialized in religious sociology, political economy and ethics in economy. |
| He served as a curate in two rural parishes, director of the Cursillo movement and delegate for Catholic Action. He also taught canon law at the Free Civil University and was General Secretary of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference. |
| On 2 June 1971, he was elected titular Bishop of Villa del re and Coadjutor of Pereira and succeeded the Bishop on 1 July 1976. He received episcopal ordination on 18 July 1971. |
| From 1983 to 1987 he was General Secretary of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) and President of the same Council from 1987 to 1991. |
| Named Archbishop of Bucaramanga on 16 December 1992, he was called by the Holy Father to head the Congregation for the Clergy on 15 June 1996 as Pro-Prefect. |
| As a Delegate of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference, he participated in the Latin American Bishops’ General Conferences held in Puebla and Medellín. |
| On 15 November 1996, he offered a splendid reflection by presenting the book "Dono e Mistero" of John Paul II. Also, as Pro-Prefect of the Congregation, he organized personally the celebration of John Paul II’s 50 years as priest. |
| On 18 September 1997, he presented the General Directory for Catechesis and on 17 October 1997 at the conclusion of the International Catechetic Congress, he presented to the Holy Father – the first catechist of the Church – the fruits of those intense days of work. The Congress was an eloquent sign of the need for announcing in an adequate way to the men of our time the Word of God in its integrity and purity. |
| During the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops held from 16 November to 12 December 1998 he served as President Delegate and member of the post-synodal Council. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 1998. Diaconate of Most Holy Name of Mary on the Forum Traiano. |
| Archbishop of Bucaramanga, 16 December 1992 to 15 June 1996. |
| Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, 23 February 1998. |
| President of the Pontifical Commission 'Ecclesia Dei', 13 April 2000. |
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| Bishops, Evangelization of Peoples, Catholic Education, Clergy, Divine Workship and Sacraments (congregations) |
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| Legislative Texts, Social Communications (councils) |
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| Latin America (commission) |
| * Administration of Patrimony of the Holy See (office) |
| * Special Council for America of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops |
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| CÉ Marco |
| Cardinal Marco Cé, Patriarch emeritus of Venice , Italy, born on 8 July 1925 in Izano, province of Cremona (Crema diocese), is from a modest farming family. He had a classical education at the Diocesan Seminary, earning his secondary diploma at the liceo "A.Verri" of Lodi. |
| He then did his theological studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, where he received a doctorate in dogmatic theology and a licentiate in Sacred Scripture. |
| After his ordination on 27 March 1948, he returned to his diocese and became vice-rector of the seminary and taught Sacred Scripture. In 1957, he was named rector of the seminary, still continuing to teach. At the same time he headed the diocesan liturgical commission and followed closely the actualization of the new liturgy in his diocese. In addition, Mons. Cé dedicated himself to preaching spiritual retreats for the youth of Catholic Action and spiritual exercises to the clergy. |
| On 22 April 1970, Paul VI appointed him Bishop, assigning him to the titular Church of Vulturia. He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Cardinal Antonio Poma responsible for the Diocese of Bologna. The ceremony of episcopal ordination took place on Pentecost, 17 May 1970 in the Cathedral of Crema. |
| Mons. Cé fulfilled his episcopal duties with intelligence and warmth. He was attentive to the careful proclamation of the Word of god, the catechesis of youth, the liturgy, the formation of future priests, as well as the young laity, to forming a communion with priests and religious, and to taking an interest in their apostolate. He was particularly involved with the construction and development of the church dedicated to the Vergine di S. Luca, in Borgo Panigale. Mons. Cé also followed closely the work that the priests and laity of Bologna undertook in Tanzania, visiting the liturgical mission there. |
| After spending six years in Bologna, 30 April 1976, Paul VI named him the Chaplain to Catholic Action, succeeding Mons. Luigi Maverna who was made Secretary General of CEI. In Catholic Action, Mons. Cé used all his valuable pastoral, spiritual and cultural experience acquired during his diocesan activity. He dedicated his energies to the association up until the death of Pope Luciani, when on 7 December 1978, John Paul II asked him to take on the Patriarchate of Venice. |
| Patriarch emeritus of Venice, 5 January 2002. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 30 June 1979. Titular church, St. Mark. |
| Patriarch emeritus of Venice, 5 January 2002. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Oriental Churches (congregation). |
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| CIPRIANI THORNE Juan Luis |
| Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, was born on 28 December 1943 in Lima. A champion basketball player, he studied industrial engineering at the National Institute of Engineering and joined Opus Dei in 1962. After working as an engineer, he was ordained for the Prelature on 21 August 1977 and holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Navarre. |
| He did pastoral work in Lima and taught moral theology at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology. He was later Regional Vicar for Peru and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Piura. |
| On 23 May 1988 he was appointed titular Bishop of Turuzi and Auxiliary of Ayacucho, receiving episcopal ordination on 3 July. |
| He was promoted to Archbishop of Ayacucho on 13 May 1995. |
| He tried to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the siege of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima (December 1996 to April 1997) and ministered to the Japanese and Peruvian hostages. |
| He was named Archbishop of Lima on 9 January 1999. |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of 21 February 2001, of the Title of St. Camillus de Lellis. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Divine Worship and Sacraments, Causes of Saints (congregations) |
| * Latin America (commission) |
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| CONNELL Desmond |
| Cardinal Desmond Connell, Archbishop emeritus of Dublin (Ireland), was born on 24 March 1926 in Phibsboro, Ireland. He was ordained for the Archdiocese of Dublin on 19 May 1951 and holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Louvain. |
| In 1953 he started teaching in the Department of Metaphysics at University College Dublin, where he was appointed professor of general metaphysics in 1972 and elected dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology in 1983. He has written on philosophical and theological subjects and for his published work was awarded the decree D.Litt. by the National University of Ireland in 1981. He also served as chaplain to the Poor Clares in Donnybrook, the Carmelites in Drumcondra and the Carmelites in Blackrock. |
| He was appointed Archbishop of Dublin on 21 January 1988 and received episcopal ordination on 6 March. |
| Archbishop emeritus of Dublin, 26 April 2004. |
| Curial membership: |
| * Doctrine of the Faith, Bishops (congregations) |
| * Laity (council) |
| Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the Consistory of 21 February 2001, of the Title of St. Sylvester in Capite. |