Fernando Sebastián Aguilar

His Eminence Fernando Sebastián Aguilar C.M.F.
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Pamplona y Tudela
See	Pamplona y Tudela
Appointed	26 March 1993
Installed	15 May 1993
Term ended	31 July 2007
Predecessor	José María Cirarda Lachiondo
Successor	Francisco Pérez González
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Angela Merici (2014-19)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of León (1979–1983) Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (1982-88) Coadjutor Archbishop of Granada (1988–93) Apostolic Administrator of Málaga (1991-93) Vice-President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (1993-99; 2002-05) Apostolic Administrator of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño (2003-04)
Orders
Ordination	28 June 1953 by Benjamín de Arriba y Castro
Consecration	29 September 1979 by Vicente Enrique y Tarancón
Created cardinal	22 February 2014 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1929-12-14)14 December 1929 Calatayud, Spain
Died	24 January 2019(2019-01-24) (aged 89) Málaga, Spain
Alma mater	Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Institut Catholique de Paris Université catholique de Louvain
Motto	Veritas in Caritate (Truth in Love)
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Styles of Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, CMF
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar CMF (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando seβasˈtjan aɣiˈlaɾ]; 14 December 1929 – 24 January 2019) was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of cardinal in a consistory on February 22, 2014.

Sebastián Aguilar was born in Calatayud, Province of Zaragoza on 14 December 1929.

He entered the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) and made his religious profession on 8 September 1946. After completing his studies in philosophy and theology in the seminaries of the congregation, he was ordained a priest on 28 June 1953.^[1] Sebastián Aguilar obtained a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in 1957 with a dissertation entitled “Maternitatis divinae diversa ratio apud Didacum Alvarez et Franciscum Suarez”.^[2]

He became a member of the Sociedad Mariológica Española in 1959 and served as director of the Revista Ephemerides Mariologicae in 1966. In the same year, he founded the Iglesia Viva journal, which he directed until 1971. Sebastián Aguilar also taught dogmatic theology in his religious congregation in Valls and Salamanca. He then served as professor, from 1967, and subsequently rector, from 1971 to 1979, of the Pontifical University of Salamanca.

Sebastián Aguilar was the archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, having served as archbishop from 26 March 1993 until 31 July 2007, when he was succeeded by Francisco Pérez González. Prior to this, he was Bishop of León from 22 August 1979 until 28 July 1983, when he stepped down. He became archbishop co-adjutor of Granada on 8 April 1988, but did not succeed to that see because he was appointed to the aforementioned Pamplona y Tudela.

Pope Francis announced on 12 January 2014 that on 22 February, Archbishop Sebastián Aguilar, along with 18 other individuals, would be inducted into the College of Cardinals.^[3]

Sebastián Aguilar died on 24 January 2019 in Málaga at the age of 89 after having suffered a severe stroke just a few days prior on 20 January.

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