Braulio Rodríguez Plaza

His Excellency Braulio Rodríguez Plaza
Archbishop of Toledo Primate of Spain
See	Toledo
Appointed	16 April 2009
Predecessor	Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Orders
Ordination	3 April 1972 by Vicente Enrique y Tarancón
Consecration	20 December 1987 by Mario Tagliaferri
Personal details
Birth name	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza
Born	(1944-01-24) 24 January 1944 Aldea del Fresno, Community of Madrid, Spanish State
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post	Bishop of Osma-Soria (1987–1995) Bishop of Salamanca (1995–2002) Archbishop of Valladolid (2002–2009)
Coat of arms

Styles of Braulio Rodriguez Plaza
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	n/a

Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (24 January 1944) is a Spanish Catholic prelate, the current Archbishop of Toledo and therefore Primate of Spain (and thus a more likely candidate for the cardinalate) since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 16 April 2009, which was Pope Benedict's 82nd birthday. He previously served as Archbishop of Valladolid from 2002.

Biography

Rodríguez Plaza was born in Aldea del Fresno, Community of Madrid, and now in the diocese of Getafe. He studied in the seminary in Madrid, obtaining a licentiate in theology at the Comillas Pontifical University.

Career

He was ordained priest on 3 April 1972 and was appointed as pastor of two rural parishes, vice parish priest in San Miguel de Carabanchel and then parish priest in San Fulgencio, a large parish in Madrid, and then became a formator at the major seminary in Madrid.

After spending two years in Jerusalem, he received there a degree in Sacred Scripture at the Biblical School. On 6 November 1987 he was appointed Bishop of Osma-Soria, receiving episcopal consecration on 20 December. He obtained a doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Faculty of Burgos. On 12 May 1995 he was transferred to the diocese of Salamanca. On 28 August 2002 he was promoted to the metropolitan see of Valladolid. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. He received the pallium from Pope Benedict on 29 June 2009, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome.

Controversies

In February 2010, Archbishop Plaza received media attention when he dismissed a priest in the Toledo diocese as a result of accusations of prostitution.^[1][2]

January 2016, Archbishop Plaza made international news by stating the domestic abuse is caused by women not obeying their husbands.^[3]

References

External links

• http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bropl.html