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Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈkaɾðo ˈβlaθkeθ ˈpeɾeθ]; born 13 April 1942) is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Archbishop of Valladolid since 2010. He has been a bishop since 1988 and was made a cardinal in 2015.
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Valladolid |
| Metropolis | Valladolid |
| See | Valladolid |
| Appointed | 13 March 2010 |
| Installed | 17 April 2010 |
| Predecessor | Braulio Rodriguez Plaza |
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| Ordination | 18 February 1967 |
| Consecration | 29 May 1988 by Antonio María Rouco Varela |
| Created cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | Ricardo Blázquez 13 April 1942 |
| Motto | Resurrexit ("He has risen") |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Biography
Ricardo Blázquez Pérez was born in Villaneuva del Campillo (Avila) on 13 April 1942. He studied in the seminaries of Avila from 1955 to 1967 and earned a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University where he studied from 1967 to 1972. He was ordained a priest on 18 February 1967.[1]
From 1972 to 1974 he served as secretary of the Theological Institute of Avila. From 1974 to 1988 he was a professor and then from 1978 to 1981 the dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of Salamanca. He was Grand Chancellor there from 2000 to 2004.[1]
He was named an auxiliary bishop of Santiago de Compostela and assigned the titular see of Germa di Galazia on 8 April 1988.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 29 May 1988 from Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela.
On 26 May 1992 Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Palencia,[3] and on 8 September 1995 Bishop of Bilbao.[4]
On 13 March 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Valladolid.[1]
He has served on various commissions within the Bishops’ Conference of Spain including the Doctrine of the Faith, the Liturgical Commission and the Commission for Interconfessional Relations.
He was elected to a three-year term as President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference in 2005 and again in 2014. He was Vice-President from 2008 to 2014. He participated in the Synod of Bishops on the family in October 2014 and 2015.
On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February.[5] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.[6]
On 13 April 2015 Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Pontifical Council for Culture.[7] On 8 January 2016, Pope Francis named him a member of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.[8] He was appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 28 October 2016.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.03.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXI. 1989. p. 384. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIV. 1992. p. 655. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXVII. 1995. p. 819. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (Press release) (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "New Cardinals Named to Curial Posts". Zenit. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.01.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 28.10.2016" (Press release) (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
External links
- "Blázquez Pérez Card. Ricardo". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
