Fernando Sebastián Aguilar

His Eminence Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, CMF
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela

Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela
See	Pamplona y Tudela
In office	1993–2007
Predecessor	Jose Maria Lachiondo
Successor	Francisco Perez Gonzales
Orders
Ordination	28 June 1953
Consecration	29 September 1979 by Vicente Cardinal Enriquez y Tarancon
Created Cardinal	22 February 2014 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1929-12-14) 14 December 1929 Catalayud, Spain
Previous post	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela (1993–2007) Coadjutor Archbishop (1988–1993) Bishop of León (1979–1983)
Motto	"Veritas in Caritate" (Truth in Love)
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Ordination history of Fernando Sebastián Aguilar
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	28 June 1953
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Vicente Enrique y Tarancon
Co-consecrators	Gabino Díaz Merchán Jose Delicado Baeza
Date of consecration	29 September 1979
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date of elevation	22 February 2014

Styles of Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, CMF

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF born 14 December 1929 in Calatayud, Spain is 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 22, 2014.

Biography and Education

He was born in Catalayud, Province of Zaragosa on 14 December 1929.

He entered the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) and made his religious profession on 8 September 1946. After completing his studies in philosophy and theology in the seminaries of the congregation, he was ordained a priest on 28 June 1953.^[1] Aguilar obtained a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in 1957 with a dissertation entitled “Maternitatis divinae diversa ratio apud Didacum Alvarez et Franciscum Suarez”.^[2]

He is a member of the Sociedad Mariológica Española (1959) and director of the Revista Ephemerides Mariologicae (1966). In 1966, he founded the Iglesia Viva journal which he directed until 1971. He taught dogmatic theology in his religious congregation in Valls and Salamanca. He then served as professor, from 1967, and subsequently rector, from 1971 to 1979, of the Pontifical University of Salamanca.

Episcopate

He is the archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela having been archbishop from 26 March 1993 until 31 July 2007 when he was succeeded by Francisco Pérez González. Before he was bishop of León from 22 August 1979 until 28 July 1983 when he stepped down. He became archbishop co-adjutor of Granada on 8 April 1988.

Cardinal

Pope Francis announced on 12 January 2014 that on 22 February the archbishop, along with 18 others, would be inducted into the College of Cardinals.^[3]

References

↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_sebastian-aguilar_f.html
↑ http://www.iglesianavarra.org/arzobispo/mons-fernando-sebastian/biografia/ Accessed 19 June 2014
↑ Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals - Vatican Radio, 12 January 2014

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Fernando Sebastian Aguilar

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Luis Maria de Larrea, OFM	Bishop of Leon 1979-1983	Succeeded by Juan Angel Belda Dardina
Preceded by Jose Maria Cirarda Lachiondo	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela 1983- 2007	Succeeded by Francisco Perez Gonzales
Preceded by titular church established	Cardinal Priest of Sant'Angela Merici 2014–present	Incumbent

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 21425212 LCCN: n97069341 ISNI: 0000 0001 1022 3505 GND: 1024578887 SUDOC: 030266440 BNF: cb13092074g (data)

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