Antonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. (21 February 1921 – 1 February 2007) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and former prefect of the

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in the

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. 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 Paul VI made him archbishop and secretary of the

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. 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

, positions he kept until 1996. He died in 2007 in Rome. In 1992, he participated in the decision to allow female altar servers 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
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