Arturo Tabera Araoz Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Arturo Tabera Araoz
Honorific Suffix:CMF
Prefect of the Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:13 September 1973
Term End:13 June 1975
Predecessor:Ildebrando Antoniutti
Successor:Eduardo Francisco Pironio
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1969-75)
Ordination:22 December 1928
Ordained By:Basilio Pompili
Consecration:5 May 1946
Consecrated By:Leopoldo Eijo y Garay
Cardinal:28 April 1969
Created Cardinal By:Pope Paul VI
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Arturo Tabera Araoz
Birth Date:29 October 1903
Birth Place:Barco de Ávila, Kingdom of Spain
Death Place:Clinic Pio XI, Rome, Italy
Buried:Sacro Cuore di Maria
Parents:Obdulio Tabera
Emilia Araoz
Alma Mater:Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare
Motto:Donec formetur Christus in vobis
Cardinal Name:Arturo Tabera Araoz
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
See:Lirbe (titular see)

Arturo Tabera Araoz (29 October 1903 – 13 June 1975) was a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes.[1]

Early years

Arturo Tabera Araoz was born in Barco, near Ávila, Spain. His uncle was a priest[2] and he joined the Congregation of Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in May 1915. He was educated at the Claretian Seminary, and the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare" in Rome where he earned a doctorate in canon law.

Priesthood

He was ordained on 22 December 1928. He was from 1930 until 1946 a faculty member of the Theological School of Zafra, Badajoz; director of the journal Ilustración del Clero, Madrid; staff member of the journal Commemoratium pro religiosis, Rome; secretary of the prefecture of studies of his congregation; founder of the journal Vida religiosa, Rome; vice-postulator of the cause of beatification of Marcelo Spinola y Maestre, Archbishop of Seville.

Episcopate

Pope Pius XII appointed him titular bishop of Lirbe and apostolic administrator of Barbastro, Spain, on 16 February 1946. He was transferred to the diocese of Albacete on 13 May 1950. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Pamplona by Pope Paul VI on 23 July 1968.

Cardinalate

He was made Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio in the consistory of 28 April 1969 by Pope Paul. He was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship on 20 February 1971. Pope Paul appointed him prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes on 8 September 1973.[3]

He died in 1975 in Rome and was buried in the basilica of Sacred Heart of Mary, Piazza Euclide, Rome.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/14/archives/arturo-cardinal-tabera-dead-led-unit-on-religious-orders.html New York Times website, Arturo Cardinal Tabera Dead, article dated June 14, 1975
  2. https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/8452/arturo-tabera-araoz Real Academy of History website, Arturo Tabera Araoz
  3. Web site: Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Biographical Dictionary of Paul VI (1963-1978), Consistory of April 28, 1969 (III). . Florida International University .