Eduardo Martínez Somalo
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His Eminence Eduardo Martínez Somalo |
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| Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber | |
| Appointed | 5 April 1993 |
| Term ended | 4 April 2007 |
| Predecessor | Sebastiano Baggio |
| Successor | Tarcisio Bertone SDB |
| Other posts | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (1992–2004) |
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| Ordination | 19 March 1950 by Luigi Traglia |
| Consecration | 13 December 1975 by Jean-Marie Villot |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1988 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Eduardo Martínez Somalo |
| Born |
31 March 1927 Baños de Río Tobía, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Coat of arms |  |
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Styles of Eduardo Martínez Somalo |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Thagora (titular see) |
Eduardo Martínez Somalo (born 31 March 1927) is a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Martínez was born in the small town of Baños de Río Tobía in La Rioja, one of 10 siblings. He studied at the diocesan seminary of Logroño, the Pontifical Spanish College and the Pontifical Gregorian University (where he received licentiates in theology and in canon law) in Rome. He was ordained to the priesthood on 19 March 1950 by Archbishop Luigi Traglia.
Martínez did pastoral and curial work in Calahorra. Returning to Rome to prepare to serve as a Vatican diplomat, he attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (where he later taught as a professor) and obtained a doctorate in canon law in (1956) from the Pontifical Lateran University.
He then entered the Roman Curia, in the Secretariat of State; he later advanced to the head the Spanish section. He was elevated to the rank of Monsignor on 14 May 1970. Pope Paul VI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Colombia and elevated him to Titular Archbishop of Thagora.
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