Carlos Osoro Sierra

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Osoro and the second or maternal family name is Sierra.
His Eminence
Carlos Osoro Sierra
Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid
Diocese Archdiocese of Madrid
See Madrid
Appointed 28 August 2014
Installed 25 October 2014
Predecessor Antonio María Rouco Varela
Other posts
Orders
Ordination 29 July 1973
by Juan Antonio del Val Gallo
Consecration 22 February 1997
by Lajos Kada
Created Cardinal 19 November 2016
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Carlos Osoro Sierra
Born (1945-05-16) 16 May 1945
Castañeda, Cantabria, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Motto "Per Christum et cum ipso et in ipso"
(Through Him and with Him and in Him)
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Styles of
Carlos Osoro Sierra
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Carlos Osoro Sierra (born 16 May 1945) is a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Madrid since 2014 and a cardinal since 2016.

He was born in Castañeda in northern Spain on 16 May 1945. He studied at the Escuela Normal and spent time teaching in Santander where its bishop Juan Antonio de Val Gallo ordained him in 1973. He was the vicar general for Santander from 1976 until 1994. He received his episcopal consecration in 1997 when he was named Bishop of Orense. He became Archbishop of Oviedo in 2002 and Archbishop of Valencia in 2009. Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Madrid in August 2014.[1]

On 9 October 2016 Pope Francis announced he would elevate Osoro Sierra to the rank of cardinal in a consistory held on 19 November 2016.[2]

At his elevation, Osoro Sierra was granted the title of Santa Maria in Trastevere.[3]

References

  1. Rocca, Francis X. (28 August 2014). "Pope names new archbishops of Madrid, Valencia". National Catholic Reporter. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. "The new cardinals". Vatican News Services. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. Vatican press bulletin, issued by the Holy Press Office 2016/11/19.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
José Diéguez Reboredo
Bishop of Ourense
27 December 1996-7 January 2002
Succeeded by
Luis Quinteiro Fiuza
Preceded by
Gabino Díaz Merchán
Archbishop of Oviedo
7 January 2002–8 January 2009
Succeeded by
Jesús Sanz Montes, O.F.M.
Preceded by
Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente
Archbishop of Valencia
8 January 2009-25 October 2014
Succeeded by
Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Preceded by
Antonio María Rouco Varela
Archbishop of Madrid
25 October 2014–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Loris Francesco Capovilla
Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
19 November 2016-
Succeeded by
incumbent
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