Juan José Omella
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His Eminence Juan José Omella i Omella |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona | |
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Juan José Omella i Omella in 2017.
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| Archdiocese | Barcelona |
| See | Barcelona |
| Appointed | 6 November 2015 |
| Installed | 26 December 2015 |
| Predecessor | Lluís Martínez Sistach |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (2017-Present) |
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| Ordination | 20 September 1970 |
| Consecration | 22 September 1996 by Elías Yanes Alvarez |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 2017 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Juan José Omella i Omella |
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21 April 1946 Cretas, Teruel, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Por la entrañable misericordia de nuestro Dios ("Through the tender mercy of our God") |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Juan José Omella i Omella (born 21 April 1946) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Barcelona since the end of 2015. On 28 June 2017, Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal.
Omella was born in the village of Cretas in the Catalan-speaking part of Aragon. One of his sisters still lives there, while the other died at a young age.
The village priest prepared him to enter the seminary of Zaragoza. He studied at education centres for missionaries in Leuven and Jerusalem as well. On 20 September 1970 he was ordained a priest. He then worked for the church in Zaragoza and in Zaire.
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Zaragoza on 15 July 1996 and he was consecrated a bishop on 22 September by Elías Yanes Alvarez, Archbishop of Zaragoza.
John Paul II named him bishop of Barbastre-Montsó in 1999. He held the posts of Apostolic Administrator of Uesca and of Jaca from 2001 to 2003. In 2004 he was named bishop of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño.
He has been a member of the Commission of Social Ministry of the Spanish Episcopal Conference since 1996 and president of that commission from 2002 to 2008. He is serving another term as president from 2014 to 2017. On 6 November 2014, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Congregation for Bishops. According to El Periodico, Omella engineered the early retirement of Manuel Ureña Pastor as Archbishop of Zaragoza in November 2014.
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