Aquilino Bocos Merino, (; born 17 May 1938) is a Spanish

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of the

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, a member and official of the

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. He was Superior General of the order, properly known as the Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from 1991 to 2003.

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

Biography

He was born in Canillas de Esgueva, Valladolid, Spain, on 17 May 1938. He attended the seminary of the Missionary Claretians and was ordained a priest in 1963. He earned a degree in philosophy at the

Pontifical University of Salamanca The Pontifical University of Salamanca (in Spanish: ''Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca'') is a private Roman Catholic university based in Salamanca, Spain. History This Pontifical University has its origins in the unique University of Sa ...

. From 1980 to 1991 he was general counsel of the Claretians. In 1991 he was elected the order's Superior General and served two six-year terms. In 1994 he participated in the Synod of Bishops on the consecrated life, and he was a member of the

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from 1994 to 2004. On 20 May 2018,

announced he would make him a cardinal on 28 June. He was

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as the Titular Archbishop of

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in Madrid on 16 June by Cardinal

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF (; 14 December 1929 – 24 January 2019) was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis created him a cardinal in a consistory of February 2 ...

with Cardinals

Carlos Osoro Sierra Carlos Osoro Sierra (; born 16 May 1945) is a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Madrid since 2014 and been a cardinal since 2016. Life Osoro was born in Castañeda in northern Spain on 16 May 1945. He studied at ...

and

Ricardo Blázquez Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (; born 13 April 1942) is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Valladolid from 2010 to 2022. He had been a bishop since 1988 and was made a cardinal in 2015, when he was described as "a ...

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. At the 28 June consistory, he was assigned the diaconate church of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bocos Merino, Aquilino Living people 1938 births 21st-century Spanish cardinals Claretian cardinals Pontifical University of Salamanca alumni Cardinals created by Pope Francis

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