Background
Ortas, Antonio Maria Cardinal Javierre was born on February 21, 1921 in Sietamo, Huesca, Spain.
Ortas, Antonio Maria Cardinal Javierre was born on February 21, 1921 in Sietamo, Huesca, Spain.
Graduate theology studies, University Salamanca. Graduate theology studies, University Louvain, Belgium. Graduate theology studies, University Pontificia Gregoriana, Rome.
Professor theology Ateneo Pontificio Salesiano, Rome, 1959-1971, dean faculty theology, rector, 1971, vice chancellor, secretary Congregation for Catholic Education, 1976. With Prefect Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, Vatican City, 1992—1996. Elevated to cardinal priest, from 1999.
Prefect emeritus Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, from 1996. Member Congregation for Doctrine of Faith, Congregation of Bishops, Congregation of Clergy, secretary, Congregation for Catholic Education,1976-1988, S.T. Signature Apastolicae, and Pontifical Consultant for Promoting Christian Unity, Pontifical Consultant for the Laity. Consultant De Legum Textibus, library and archivist of the Holy Roman Church, 1992-1996.