Fernando_Sebastián_Aguilar

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar

Spanish cardinal (1929–2019)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sebastián and the second or maternal family name is Aguilar.

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando seβasˈtjan aɣiˈlaɾ]; 14 December 1929 – 24 January 2019) was 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.

Quick Facts His EminenceFernando Sebastián Aguilar C.M.F., Church ...
Quick Facts Ordination history ofFernando Sebastián Aguilar, History ...
Quick Facts Styles of, Reference style ...

Biography and Education

Sebastián Aguilar was born in Calatayud, Province of Zaragoza 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] Sebastián 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 was 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

Sebastián Aguilar was 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. Previously, 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, but did not succeed to that see because he was appointed to the aforementioned Pamplona y Tudela.

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]

Death

Sebastián Aguilar died on 24 January 2019 in Málaga at the age of 89 after having suffered a severe stroke just a few days prior on 20 January.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "SEBASTIÁN AGUILAR Fernando, C.M.F." press.vatican.va.
  2. [2]
    "Biografía – Iglesia Navarra". www.iglesianavarra.org. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    Pope Francis announces names of new Cardinals - Vatican Radio, 12 January 2014
Wikiquote has quotations related to Fernando Sebastián Aguilar.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fernando Sebastián Aguilar.
More information Catholic Church titles ...
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Fernando_Sebastián_Aguilar, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.