Luis Francisco Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.

Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1944		Born
17 Oct 1966	22.4	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
29 Jul 1973	29.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
9 Jul 2008	64.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thibica
9 Jul 2008	64.2	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
26 Jul 2008	64.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thibica
1 Jul 2017	73.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Jul 2017	73.2	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
1 Jul 2017	73.2	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission
1 Jul 2017	73.2	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
28 Jun 2018	74.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
28 Jun 2018	74.1	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Sep 2018	74.4	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio
19 Jan 2019	74.7	Ceased	President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
1 Jul 2023	79.2	Retired	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Jul 2023	79.2	Retired	President of the International Theological Commission
1 Jul 2023	79.2	Retired	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

MicroData Summary for Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer
(VIAF: 59125839; WikiData: Q940055)
Luis Francisco Cardinal Ladaria Ferrer S.J. (born 19 Apr 1944) Prefect Emeritus of Doctrine of the Faith

Consistory - 2018: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Manacor, Diocese of Mallorca, Spain
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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Principal Consecrator:
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
William Joseph Cardinal Levada †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Domnica
Bishop Vincenzo Paglia
Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Mister Xavier Novell Gomà (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gianpiero Palmieri (2018)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Manacor, Diocese of Mallorca, Spain
Ordained Bishop	San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Number 15,935
ab: Bollettino, 1 Jul 2017
card: Bollettino, 20 May 2018
ab: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2018
i: Bollettino, 27 Sep 2018
r: Bollettino, 19 Jan 2019
r: Bollettino, 1 Jul 2023

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