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Luis Martínez i Sistach | |
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| Cardinal,Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona | |
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| Diocese | Barcelona |
| Appointed | 15 June 2004 |
| Installed | 18 July 2004 |
| Term ended | 6 November 2015 |
| Predecessor | Ricardo María Carles Gordó |
| Successor | Joan Josep Omella i Omella |
| Other post | Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe |
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| Ordination | 17 September 1961 by Gregorio Modrego y Casaus |
| Consecration | 27 December 1987 by Narcís Jubany Arnau |
| Created cardinal | 24 November 2007 byPope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lluís Martínez i Sistach (1937-04-29)29 April 1937 (age 88) Barcelona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Parents | Joan Martínez i Puig and Maria Sistach i Masllorens |
| Motto | Charitas Christi virget nos |
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| Styles of Lluís Martínez i Sistach | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Barcelona |
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Lluís Martínez i Sistach (born 29 April 1937) is a Spanish prelate of theCatholic Church. He is Archbishop emeritus ofBarcelona, having served as archbishop there from 2004 to 2015. He has been acardinal since 2007.
Martínez was born on 29 April 1937 inBarcelona, Catalonia, Spain, the son of Joan Martínez i Puig, a commercial representative, and Maria Sistach i Masllorens, a housewife. He had two sisters. The family resided in the neighborhood of Guinardó. He studied atMarist Brothers'Collegi de la Immaculada in Barcelona from 1942 to 1953 and at the Major Seminary of Barcelona from 1954 to 1961. He was ordained a priest on 17 September 1961. He studied at thePontifical Lateran University in Rome from 1962 to 1967 where he earned adoctorate utriusque iuris (in both canon and civil law) in 1967. His dissertation, "El Derecho de asociación en la Iglesia" (The right of association in the Church), was published by the Theological Faculty of Catalonia.
In 1987 Martínez was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona with thetitular see ofAlgeciras. He was appointed Bishop ofTortosa in 1991. In 1997 he became Archbishop ofTarragona and in 2004 he became Archbishop ofBarcelona.
Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in theconsistory held on 24 November 2007.[1] He becameCardinal-Priest ofSan Sebastiano alle Catacombe.
He opposed legislation introduced in the Catalan parliament in December 2007 requiring local governments to set aside land for mosques and other places of worship. He said that "A church, a synagogue or a mosque are not the same thing" and that the law "impinges on our ability to exercise a fundamental right, that of religious liberty."[2]
Martínez is also a member of various offices of theRoman Curia. In May 2008 Pope Benedict named Martínez to thePontifical Council for Legislative Texts.[citation needed] On 12 June 2008, Pope Benedict named him a member of theApostolic Signatura and a member of thePontifical Council for the Laity.[3]
Martínez received Pope Benedict XVI when Pope Benedict visited Barcelona andSantiago de Compostela in 2010.[4]
On 18 September 2012,Pope Benedict XVI named Martínez a Synod Father for the October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.[citation needed]
He was one of thecardinal electors who participated in the2013 papal conclave that electedPope Francis.[5]
When some prelates criticized the document that summarized the deliberations of theOctober 2014 Synod of Bishops, Martínez defended the document, saying "It is far from being complete, but it is an unbiased summary." He added: "We must all convert ourselves, and conversion is a painful experience."[6]
Pope Francis accepted his retirement on 6 November 2015.[7]
Martínez is the Grand Prior of the España Oriental Lieutenancy of theEquestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.[8]
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| Preceded by | Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona 6 November 1987 – 17 May 1991 | Succeeded by Carles Soler Perdigó |
| Preceded by Altivo Pacheco Ribeiro | — TITULAR — Titular Bishop of Algeciras 6 November 1987 – 17 May 1991 | Succeeded by Joan Carrera Planas |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Tortosa 17 May 1991 – 20 February 1997 | Succeeded by Javier Salinas Viñals |
| Preceded by Ramón Torrella Cascante | Archbishop of Tarragona 20 February 1997 – 15 June 2004 | Succeeded by Jaume Pujol Balcells |
| Preceded by Ricardo María Carles Gordó | Archbishop of Barcelona 15 June 2004 – 6 November 2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe 24 November 2007 – | Incumbent |
