Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
His Eminence Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, CMF | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela |
| See | Pamplona y Tudela |
| In office | 1993–2007 |
| Predecessor | José María Cirarda Lachiondo |
| Successor | Francisco Pérez González |
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| Ordination | 28 June 1953 |
| Consecration | 29 September 1979 by Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón |
| Created cardinal | 22 February 2014 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | 14 December 1929 |
| Motto | "Veritas in Caritate" (Truth in Love) |
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Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF born 14 December 1929 in Calatayud, Spain is a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in a consistory of February 22, 2014.
Biography and Education
He was born in Calatayud, Province of Zaragoza on 14 December 1929.
He entered the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) and made his religious profession on 8 September 1946. After completing his studies in philosophy and theology in the seminaries of the congregation, he was ordained a priest on 28 June 1953.[1] Sebastián Aguilar obtained a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in 1957 with a dissertation entitled “Maternitatis divinae diversa ratio apud Didacum Alvarez et Franciscum Suarez”.[2]
He is a member of the Sociedad Mariológica Española (1959) and director of the Revista Ephemerides Mariologicae (1966). In 1966, he founded the Iglesia Viva journal which he directed until 1971. He taught dogmatic theology in his religious congregation in Valls and Salamanca. He then served as professor, from 1967, and subsequently rector, from 1971 to 1979, of the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
Episcopate
He is the archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela having been archbishop from 26 March 1993 until 31 July 2007 when he was succeeded by Francisco Pérez González. Before he was bishop of León from 22 August 1979 until 28 July 1983 when he stepped down. He became archbishop co-adjutor of Granada on 8 April 1988.
Cardinal
Pope Francis announced on 12 January 2014 that on 22 February the archbishop, along with 18 others, would be inducted into the College of Cardinals.[3]
See also
References
- ^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_sebastian-aguilar_f.html
- ^ http://www.iglesianavarra.org/arzobispo/mons-fernando-sebastian/biografia/ Accessed 19 June 2014
- ^ Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals - Vatican Radio, 12 January 2014
