Roman Catholic Cardinal. Before joining the Franciscan order he studied medicine in Valladolid and later studied philosophy in Rome and psychology in Madrid. He began his priesthood in 1960. He was the Archbishop of Tanger in Morocco from 1973 until 1982. He served as Archbishop of Seville from 1982 until 2009, during which time he was proclaimed a Cardinal on October 21, 2003 by Pope John Paul II. On September 22, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope to serve as his Special Envoy for the closing celebrations of the fifth centenary in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2012. He participated as a cardinal-elector in the papal conclave in 2013 which elected Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope Francis. He was decorated with the Orden al Mérito de los Padres de la Patria Dominicana, which is the highest decoration granted by the Dominican Republic.
Roman Catholic Cardinal. Before joining the Franciscan order he studied medicine in Valladolid and later studied philosophy in Rome and psychology in Madrid. He began his priesthood in 1960. He was the Archbishop of Tanger in Morocco from 1973 until 1982. He served as Archbishop of Seville from 1982 until 2009, during which time he was proclaimed a Cardinal on October 21, 2003 by Pope John Paul II. On September 22, 2012, he was appointed by the Pope to serve as his Special Envoy for the closing celebrations of the fifth centenary in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2012. He participated as a cardinal-elector in the papal conclave in 2013 which elected Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope Francis. He was decorated with the Orden al Mérito de los Padres de la Patria Dominicana, which is the highest decoration granted by the Dominican Republic.
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