Aquilino Bocos Merino, (; born 17 May 1938) is a Spanish
prelate
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of the
Catholic Church
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, a member and official of the
Claretians
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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
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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
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. 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.
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In 1994 he participated in the Synod of Bishops on the consecrated life, and he was a member of the from 1994 to 2004.
On 20 May 2018, ]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 ...
announced he would make him a cardinal on 28 June. He was consecrated
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as the Titular Archbishop of Urusi in Madrid on 16 June by Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar with Cardinals Carlos Osoro Sierra and Ricardo Blázquez as co-consecrators
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. At the 28 June consistory, he was assigned the diaconate church of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone.
See also
* Cardinals created by Francis
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References
External links
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Living people
1938 births
21st-century Spanish cardinals
Claretian cardinals
Pontifical University of Salamanca alumni
Cardinals created by Pope Francis