Vicente Enrique y Tarancon
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His Eminence Vicente Enrique y Tarancón |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Madrid |
| Predecessor | Casimiro Morcillo González |
| Successor | Ángel Suquía Goicoechea |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto |
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| Ordination | 1 November 1929 |
| Consecration | 24 March 1946 |
| Created Cardinal | 28 April 1969 by Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born |
14 May 1907 Burriana Spain |
| Died | 28 November 1994 (aged 87) Valencia Spain |
| Buried | San Isidro Church, Madrid |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Previous post |
Bishop of Solsona (1945-1964) Archbishop of Oviedo (1964-1969) Archbishop of Toledo (1969-1971) |
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Styles of Vicente Enrique y Tarancón |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Madrid (emeritus) |
Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (14 May 1907 – 28 November 1994), known in his country as Cardenal Tarancón or Tarancón, was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1971 to 1983, and as president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference from 1971 to 1981, during the difficult years of the Spanish transition to democracy. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.
Vicente Enrique y Tarancón was born in Burriana to Manuel Enrique Urios and his wife Vicenta Tarancón Fandos. His siblings included an older brother, Manuel, and a younger sister, Vicenta. At Vicente's baptism, his cousins Dolores Enrique Planelles and Vicente Ríos Enrique acted as his godparents. The baptismal register was later destroyed in a fire of the parochial archive in August 1936. After completing his initial studies at Colegio de la Consolación in Burriana, he attended the seminaries in Tortosa and Valencia. Tarancón was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza on 1 November 1929 in Tortosa, and then did pastoral work in the Diocese of Tortosa until 1933. He worked with Catholic Action in the Diocese of Madrid from 1933 to 1938, when he resumed his pastoral ministry in Tortosa.
On 25 November 1945, Enrique y Tarancón was appointed Bishop of Solsona by Pope Pius XII. He received his episcopal consecration on 24 March 1946 from Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord, with Bishops Casimiro Morcillo González and Juan Hervás y Benet serving as co-consecrators. Tarancón was made secretary of the Spanish Episcopal Conference in February 1953, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. He was later named Archbishop of Oviedo on 12 April 1964, and Archbishop of Toledo on 30 January 1969. As Archbishop of Toledo, Tarancón thus also served as Primate of Spain.
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