Antonio Cañizares Llovera
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His Eminence Antonio Cañizares Llovera |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia | |
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| Archdiocese | Valencia |
| Province | Valencia |
| Metropolis | Valencia |
| See | Valencia |
| Appointed | 28 August 2014 |
| Installed | 4 October 2014 |
| Predecessor | Carlos Osoro Sierra |
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| Ordination | 21 June 1970 by José María García Lahiguera |
| Consecration | 25 April 1992 by Mario Tagliaferri |
| Created Cardinal | 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
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| Birth name | Antonio Cañizares Llovera |
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15 October 1945 Utiel, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Fiat voluntas tua ("Thy will be done") |
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Styles of Antonio Cañizares Llovera |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Valencia |
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (born 15 October 1945) is a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who is the Archbishop of Valencia. He is the former Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and former Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain from 2002 to 2008. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006. He was appointed Archbishop of Valencia in August 2014, a move which removed him from the Congregation.
Antonio Cañizares was born in Utiel, and studied at the minor and major seminaries in Valencia and at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, from where he obtained his doctorate in theology, specializing in catechesis. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop José García Lahiguera on 21 June 1970, and then served as assistant pastor and delegate for catechesis in the Archdiocese of Valencia.
Following his transfer to the Archdiocese of Madrid, Cañizares taught catechetical theology at the University of Salamanca and fundamental theology at the Conciliar Seminary of Madrid. He later became the director and a professor of the Institute of Religious Science and Catechesis in Madrid, and sat on several commissions and secretariats of the Spanish Episcopal Conference as well. From 1985 to 1992, Cañizares served as director of the Secretariat of the Episcopal Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith. He also founded and was the first president of Asociación Española de Catequistas, and was Director of the review Teología y Catequesis.
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