Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Barcelona, Joaquín Albareda joined the Benedictine Order at the monastery of Montserrat in 1904, taking the name Anselmo María upon his profession. Ordained priest in Montserrat in July 1915, in 1921 he was sent to Rome and Fribourg in order to further his studies at the Athenaeum of St. Anselm and the Faculty of Paleography and Archives for the following two years. Named archivist of the abbey of Montserrat upon his return in 1923, he remained in this position until July 19, 1936, when he was appointed prefect of the Vatican Library, being responsible in the years of the Second World War for removing several libraries to safety in the Vatican, including those of the abbeys of Monte Cassino and Grottaferrata. Elected titular abbot of Santa Maria de Ripoll on May 5, 1950, he received the blessing from Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, in Montserrat on August 26, 1951. Pope John XXIII created him cardinal deacon in the consistory of March 19, 1962, with the deaconry of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and the following month, consecrated him archbishop of the titular see of Gissaria at the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica. Authoring a number of scholarly works, Albareda had the simplicity and fraternity of a genuine Benedictine monk. He had little use for, and no attachment to, the ceremonial and the robes of his high office, and found it a relief to discard them at home for the simple habit of the monk. His own apartments both interiorly as well as exteriorly, were simple, fitting those of a Benedictine monk. The Cardinal died in a clinic in his native Barcelona of cancer, after seven unsuccessful surgeries.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. A native of Barcelona, Joaquín Albareda joined the Benedictine Order at the monastery of Montserrat in 1904, taking the name Anselmo María upon his profession. Ordained priest in Montserrat in July 1915, in 1921 he was sent to Rome and Fribourg in order to further his studies at the Athenaeum of St. Anselm and the Faculty of Paleography and Archives for the following two years. Named archivist of the abbey of Montserrat upon his return in 1923, he remained in this position until July 19, 1936, when he was appointed prefect of the Vatican Library, being responsible in the years of the Second World War for removing several libraries to safety in the Vatican, including those of the abbeys of Monte Cassino and Grottaferrata. Elected titular abbot of Santa Maria de Ripoll on May 5, 1950, he received the blessing from Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, in Montserrat on August 26, 1951. Pope John XXIII created him cardinal deacon in the consistory of March 19, 1962, with the deaconry of Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine and the following month, consecrated him archbishop of the titular see of Gissaria at the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica. Authoring a number of scholarly works, Albareda had the simplicity and fraternity of a genuine Benedictine monk. He had little use for, and no attachment to, the ceremonial and the robes of his high office, and found it a relief to discard them at home for the simple habit of the monk. His own apartments both interiorly as well as exteriorly, were simple, fitting those of a Benedictine monk. The Cardinal died in a clinic in his native Barcelona of cancer, after seven unsuccessful surgeries.
Bio by: Eman Bonnici
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