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Antonio Cañizares Llovera
1945Oct, 15

Antonio Cañizares Llovera

Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Spanish cardinal
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈto.njo kaɲiˈθaɾez ʎoˈβeɾa]; born 15 October 1945) is a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Valencia since 2014 He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2008 to 2014, and archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain from 2002 to 2008. He was made a cardinal in 2006.

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