Francisco Cardinal Alvarez Martínez

Archbishop Emeritus of Toledo

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jul 1925		Born	Santa Eulalia de Ferroñes Llanera
11 Jun 1950	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Apr 1973	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
3 Jun 1973	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
20 Dec 1976	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
12 May 1989	63.8	Appointed	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
23 Jun 1995	69.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain
21 Feb 2001	75.6	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	75.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria “Regina Pacis” a Monte Verde
24 Oct 2002	77.3	Retired	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Toledo.

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Principal Consecrator:
Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †
Archbishop José Méndez Asensio †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Francisco Cardinal Alvarez Martínez (1973)
Luigi Cardinal Dadaglio † (1961)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo
Bishop Francisco Cases Andreu
Bishop Ramón del Hoyo López
Bishop Esteban Escudero Torres
Bishop Ángel Rubio Castro

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