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Ricardo Blázquez

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Ricardo Blázquez
Cardinal, Archbishop of Valladolid
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Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Valladolid
Installed 2010
Predecessor Braulio Rodriguez Plaza
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella (since 2015)
Orders
Ordination 18 February 1967
Consecration 29 May 1988
Created Cardinal 14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1942-04-13)April 13, 1942
Villanueva del Campillo, Ávila, Spain
Motto "Resurrexit"
(Rise)
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Ricardo Blazquez Perez
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Informal style Cardinal

Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (born 13 April 1942) is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Archbishop of Valladolid since 2010.

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February. At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.

In April 2015 he was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as a Member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

On Friday, January 8, 2016, he was appointed by Pope Francis to also serve as a Member of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.

He was appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in October 2016 and will hold the post until his 80th birthday.



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