Santos Abril y Castelló

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Santos Cardinal Abril y Castelló (born September 21, 1935 in Alfambra , Spain ) is a Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Santos Abril y Castelló was ordained a priest on March 19, 1960 and was incardinated in the Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín . Pope John Paul II awarded him the title of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness on September 23, 1980 .

On April 29, 1985, John Paul II appointed him Titular Archbishop of Tamada and Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia . He received his episcopal ordination on June 16, 1985, Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli ; Co- consecrators were Gabino Díaz Merchán , Archbishop of Oviedo , and Ramón Búa Otero , Bishop of Tarazona . On October 2, 1989, Santos Abril y Castelló was appointed Apostolic Pro-Nuncio of Cameroon , Gabon and Equatorial Guinea . Diplomatic missions followed as nuncio of the Holy See in the former Yugoslavia (appointed on February 24, 1996), in Argentina (appointed on March 4, 2000), Macedonia (appointed on April 12, 2003), Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (appointed on May 9 , 2000) . April 2004). On November 21, 2005, at the age of 70, Santos Abril y Castelló resigned the diplomatic duties of apostolic nuncio. At that time, Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló was nuncio in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Archbishop Alessandro D'Errico was his successor in Bosnia-Herzegovina .

On January 22, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . the Vice-Chamberlain of the Catholic Church and 2 April 2011 also a member of the Congregation for Bishops .

On November 21, 2011 Benedict XVI appointed him. the Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and took him in the consistory of 18 February 2012 as the cardinal deacon with the title Diakonie San Ponziano into the College of Cardinals on.

On March 4, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him President of the Cardinals Commission for the Supervision of the Vatican Bank .

On December 28, 2016, Pope Francis accepted his resignation as Archpriest of the Patriarchal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.

Memberships

Congregation for the Causes of Saints (since 2011, confirmed in 2012 and 2013)
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (since 2012)
Congregation for Bishops (since 2011; confirmed in 2012 and 2013)

Web links

Abril y Castelló, Santos. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed October 23, 2016.
Entry on Santos Abril y Castelló on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on October 23, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1985 , Città del Vaticano 1985, p. 1722.
^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Argentina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 3, 2000, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico nella Repubblica di Macedonia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 12, 2003, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
^ Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Slovenia e in Bosnia ed Erzegovina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 9, 2003, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
^ Nomina del Vice Camerlengo di Santa Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 22, 2011, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membro della Congregazione per i Vescovi , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of April 2, 2011.
^ Nomina dell'Arciprete della Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore in Roma , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of November 21, 2011.
^ Comunicato della Sala Stampa: Il Cardinale Santos Abril Y Castelló nominato Presidente della Commissione Cardinalizia di Vigilanza dello Ior. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 4, 2014, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian, with English translation).
^ Rinuncia dell'Arciprete e Amministratore della Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore e nomina del nuovo Arciprete. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 28, 2016, accessed December 28, 2016 (Italian).
^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 4, 2011, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
^ ^A ^b ^c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri e degli Organismi della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2012, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
^ Conferme nella Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2013, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescovi e Nomine e Conferme di Membri e Consultori nel medesimo dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 16, 2013, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Bernard Francis Cardinal Law	Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore 2011–2016	Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko

personal data
SURNAME	Abril y Castelló, Santos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abril y Castelló, Santos Cardinal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish apostolic nuncio in South America, Africa and the Balkans, Archbishop of the Curia
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alfambra , Spain

[1] Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 1985 , Città del Vaticano 1985, p. 1722.

[2] Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Argentina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , April 3, 2000, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[3] Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico nella Repubblica di Macedonia. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 12, 2003, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[4] Nomina del Nunzio Apostolico in Slovenia e in Bosnia ed Erzegovina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 9, 2003, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[5] Nomina del Vice Camerlengo di Santa Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, November 22, 2011, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[6] Nomina di Membro della Congregazione per i Vescovi , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of April 2, 2011.

[7] Nomina dell'Arciprete della Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore in Roma , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of November 21, 2011.

[8] Comunicato della Sala Stampa: Il Cardinale Santos Abril Y Castelló nominato Presidente della Commissione Cardinalizia di Vigilanza dello Ior. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 4, 2014, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian, with English translation).

[9] Rinuncia dell'Arciprete e Amministratore della Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore e nomina del nuovo Arciprete. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 28, 2016, accessed December 28, 2016 (Italian).

[10] Nomina di Membri della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 4, 2011, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[Bulletin-2012-04-21-11] A ^b ^c Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri e degli Organismi della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 21, 2012, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[12] Conferme nella Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 19, 2013, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).

[13] Conferma del Prefetto della Congregazione per i Vescovi e Nomine e Conferme di Membri e Consultori nel medesimo dicastero. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 16, 2013, accessed September 22, 2015 (Italian).