Luis Aponte Martinez
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His Eminence Luis Aponte Martínez |
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| Cardinal Archbishop of San Juan | |
| See | San Juan |
| Installed | January 15, 1965 |
| Term ended | March 26, 1999 |
| Predecessor | James Peter Davis |
| Successor | Roberto González Nieves OFM |
| Other posts | Bishop of Ponce (1963-1964) |
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| Ordination | April 10, 1950 by Bishop James Edward McManus CSsR |
| Consecration | October 12, 1960 by Cardinal Francis Spellman |
| Created Cardinal | March 5, 1973 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 4, 1922 Lajas, Puerto Rico |
| Died | April 10, 2012 (aged 89) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Buried | Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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Styles of Luis Aponte Martínez |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| Ordination history of Luis Aponte Martínez | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | James Edward McManus CSsR (Ponce) |
| Date of ordination | April 10, 1950 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Francis Cardinal Spellman (New York) |
| Date of consecration | October 12, 1960 |
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Cardinalate
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| Elevated by | Pope Paul VI |
| Date of elevation | March 5, 1973 |
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Bishops consecrated by Luis Aponte Martínez as principal consecrator
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| Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez | March 23, 1974 |
| Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas | April 30, 1976 |
| Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez | August 17, 1979 |
| Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera | August 17, 1979 |
| Hermín Negrón Santana | September 7, 1981 |
| Ruben Antonio González Medina | February 4, 2001 |
Luis Aponte Martínez (August 4, 1922 – April 10, 2012) was Archbishop of San Juan in Puerto Rico. To date he is the only Puerto Rican to have been elevated to a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of San Juan for 34 years. He was a Cardinal Elector in the two conclaves of 1978 responsible for the elections of Popes John Paul I and John Paul II.
Cardinal Aponte Martínez was born in the town of Lajas, Puerto Rico, the son of Santiago Evangelista Aponte and Rosa María Martínez.
Aponte came from a large family, the eighth of 18 children. He served as an altar boy for many years in his town of Lajas. parish church.
Aponte studied in the Seminary of San Ildefonso in San Juan; from there he went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied in the Seminary of Saint John. He also attended Boston College and earned his Doctorate from the Seminary of Saint Leo of Florida.
Aponte was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Ponce in San German, Puerto Rico, on April 10, 1950, by James Edward McManus CSsR, the Bishop of Ponce. Between 1950 and 1955, he served as a pastor in various towns in the Diocese. In 1955 he served as Secretary to the Bishop, as well as Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese. In 1957, he once again served as a pastor and also served as chaplain for the Puerto Rico National Guard, until his appointment in 1957 as Chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce.
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