Julián Herranz Casado
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His Eminence Julián Herranz Casado |
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| President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | |
| Appointed | 19 December 1994 |
| Term ended | 15 February 2007 |
| Predecessor | Vincenzo Fagiolo |
| Successor | Francesco Coccopalmerio |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eugenio pro hac vice |
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| Ordination | 7 August 1955 by Juan Ricote Alonso |
| Consecration | 6 January 1991 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | 21 October 2003 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born |
31 March 1930 Baena, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | domine ut videam |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Julián Herranz Casado (born 31 March 1930) is a Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as president of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts in the Roman Curia from 1994 to 2007, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003.
One of two cardinals – along with Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne – who belong to Opus Dei, Herranz Casado is the organisation's highest-ranking member in the Church's hierarchy. He is also considered one of the foremost experts in canon law, and to have been one of the Vatican's most influential figures during the period shortly before the death of Pope John Paul II.
Born in Baena in the Province of Córdoba, Herranz Casado joined Opus Dei in 1949 after reading a conspiratorial story about it as editor of a university newspaper. He was ordained as a priest of Opus Dei on 7 August 1955 by Bishop Juan Ricote Alonso, after obtaining doctorates in medicine from the Universities of Barcelona and Navarra and in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome. He taught canon law at the University of Navarra and travelled worldwide on behalf of Opus Dei until 1960, when he began to work for the Roman Curia.
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