Antonio María Cardinal Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1921		Born
24 Apr 1949	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
20 May 1976	55.2	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Institutes of Study)
20 May 1976	55.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Meta
29 Jun 1976	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Meta
28 Jun 1988	67.3	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	67.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio
1 Jul 1988	67.3	Appointed	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
1 Jul 1988	67.3	Appointed	Librarian of the Vatican Library
Dec 1991	70.7	Resigned	Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archive
Dec 1991	70.7	Resigned	Librarian of the Vatican Library
24 Jan 1992	70.9	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
21 Jun 1996	75.3	Retired	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
9 Jan 1999	77.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio
20 Apr 1999	78.1	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio
1 Feb 2007	85.9	Died	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

MicroData Summary
Antonio María Javierre Ortas
Antonio María Cardinal Javierre Ortas S.D.B.
(born 21 Feb 1921, died 1 Feb 2007)
Prefect Emeritus of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Siétamo, Diocese of Huesca, Spain
Ordained Bishop Transfiguration, Cathedral, Huesca, Diocese of Huesca, Spain

a priest for 57.7 years
a bishop for 30.5 years
a cardinal for 18.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón †
Archbishop of Madrid
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Javier Osés Flamarique †
Titular Bishop of Abula
Bishop Rosalio José Castillo Lara, S.D.B. †
Titular Bishop of Praecausa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Vicente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancón † (1946)
Archbishop of Madrid
Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord † (1937)
Bishop of Tortosa
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Vittoria
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop José Rafael Palma Capetillo (1981)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Inglés † (1993)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Jorge María Cardinal Mejía † (1986)
Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. † (1990)
Bishop Pere Tena Garriga † (1993)
Bishop Jaume Traserra Cunillera † (1993)
Archbishop Joan Enric Vives Sicilia (1993)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/3157
VIAF: 22953498
WikiData: Q539180

Source(s):

d: CB
i: Bollettino, 20 Apr 1999
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 188, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 191, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 36, Number 2,204

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