Antonio María Javierre Ortas

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(21 February 1921 – 1 February 2007) was a

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, and former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican. Javierre Ortas was born in Siétamo, Spain. He was ordained in 1949 and took his doctorate in theology in

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. For many years he lectured in fundamental theology and dogmatics in places such as

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, Rome, Peru, Guatemala and Poland. During the

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he was a spokesman for the Spanish bishops in ecumenical questions. In 1976 Pope

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made him archbishop and secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education. He became cardinal deacon in 1988, as well as the librarian and archivist of the Holy Roman Church. In 1992 he was elevated to cardinal priest and prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, positions he kept until 1996. He died in 2007 in Rome. In 1992, he participated in the decision to allow

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in the Church. In 1994, Cardinal Javierre Ortas advising that women were permitted to serve at the discretion of the local bishop.

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Full cardinal's biography in Norwegian – katolsk.no
1921 births 2007 deaths Salesians of Don Bosco Spanish Roman Catholic titular archbishops 20th-century Spanish cardinals Salesian cardinals Participants in the Second Vatican Council Members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Members of the Congregation for Catholic Education Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II Salesian Pontifical University alumni {{library-bio-stub