Marcelo González Martín (16 January 1918 – 25 August 2004) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and

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. González Martín was born in

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as the son of Marcelo González, a small merchant; and Costanza Martín. He was educated at the

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and the Pontifical University of Comillas.

Priesthood

He was

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on 29 June 1941 in Valladolid. From 1941 until 1960 he was, successively, a faculty member of the Seminary of Valladolid; a faculty member of the

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; a pastoral worker in the

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of Valladolid; a diocesan chaplain of

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; the founder of "Patronato de San Pedro Regalado" for construction of houses for poor families; a canon of the cathedral chapter; and a synodal judge. He was created

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on 24 March 1960. He was appointed

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on 31 December 1960. He was consecrated on 5 March 1961. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962 to 1965. He was promoted to

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of ''Case Mediane'' and

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on 21 February 1966 by

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. He became the Archbishop of Barcelona on 7 January 1967. He was transferred to the metropolitan and primatial see of

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on 3 December 1971. He was created and proclaimed

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of '' Sant'Agostino'' by Pope Paul VI in the

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of 5 March 1973. He took part in the

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s that elected

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and

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and

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. He resigned the pastoral government of the

on 23 June 1995. He lost the right to participate in a conclave when he turned 80 years of age, 16 January 1998. He died in 2004 in

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References

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