Javier Lozano Barragán
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His Eminence Javier Lozano Barragán |
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| President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers | |
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| Appointed | 7 January 1997 |
| Term ended | 18 April 2009 |
| Predecessor | Fiorenzo Angelini |
| Successor | Zygmunt Zimowski |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of S. Dorotea |
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| Ordination | 30 October 1955 by Carlo Confalonieri |
| Consecration | 15 August 1979 by Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada |
| Created Cardinal | 21 October 2003 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Javier Lozano Barragán |
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26 January 1933 Toluca, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
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| Principal consecrator | Ernesto Card. Corripio y Ahumada (Mexico) |
| Date of consecration | 15 August 1979 |
Javier Lozano Barragán (born 26 January 1933) is a Mexican Cardinal and president Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Toluca, State of México, Lozano Barragán trained as a priest in Zamora, Michoacán, and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in theology and was ordained in 1955.
In 1979, Lozano Barragán was appointed auxiliary Bishop of Mexico City, then Bishop of Zacatecas in 1984. He went to the Vatican in 1996 as President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers, and was named Archbishop ad personam.
Bishop Lozano Barragán was elevated to Cardinal-Deacon of San Michele Arcangelo by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003.
Lozano Barragán was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
On 18 April 2009, Pope Benedict accepted the resignation of Cardinal Lozano Barragán for reasons of age and appointed Zygmunt Zimowski to the post.
Having served 10 years as a cardinal-deacon, he was promoted to Cardinal-Priest of Santa Dorotea by Pope Francis on 12 June 2014.
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