Santos Abril y Castelló
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His Eminence Santos Abril y Castelló |
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| Cardinal-Archpriest Emeritus, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore | |
| Appointed | 21 November 2011 |
| Term ended | 28 December 2016 |
| Predecessor | Bernard Francis Law |
| Successor | Stanislaw Rylko |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano, Titular Archbishop of Tamada |
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| Ordination | 19 March 1960 |
| Consecration | 16 June 1985 by Agostino Casaroli |
| Created Cardinal | 18 February 2012 by Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Birth name | Santos Abril y Castelló |
| Born |
21 September 1935 Alfambra, Spain |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
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Santos Abril y Castelló (born 21 September 1935) is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. After a career in the diplomatic corps of the Holy See, he held a number of positions in the Roman Curia and from 2011 to 2016 was Archpriest of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Abril y Castelló was born in Alfambra, Spain. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Teruel and Albarracín on 19 March 1960. In 1961, he went to Rome to study and obtained a doctorate in social sciences at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum and a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He attended the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome.
Joining he diplomatic service of the Holy See, he worked in Pakistan, Turkey and the Second Section of the Secretariat of State in Rome. On 29 April 1985 Pope John Paul II, named him Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia and Titular Archbishop of Tamada. He received his episcopal consecration on 16 June 1985 from Cardinal Secretary of State Agostino Casaroli. He later served as papal nuncio to Cameroon (1989–1996), Yugoslavia (1996–2000), Argentina (2000–2003), and Slovenia and Macedonia (2003–2011).
On 22 January 2011, after retiring from the diplomatic corps, Pope Benedict named him Vice-Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, the official responsible controlling access to papal conclaves and overseeing their operations.
On 2 April 2011 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops.
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