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Luis Aponte Martinez

His Eminence
Luis Aponte Martínez
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)
Orders
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 (1922-08-04)August 4, 1922
Lajas, Puerto Rico
Died April 10, 2012(2012-04-10) (aged 89)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Buried Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Luis Aponte Martínez
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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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