Antonio María Javierre Ortas

Antonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. (21 February 1921 – 1 February 2007) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican.http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinal_javierre-ortas.asp
Javierre Ortas was born in Siétamo, Spain. He was ordained in 1949 and took his doctorate in theology in Louvain. For many years he lectured in fundamental theology and dogmatics in places such as Turin, Rome, Peru, Guatemala and Poland. During the Second Vatican Council he was a spokesman for the Spanish bishops in ecumenical questions. 
In 1976 Pope Paul VI made him archbishop, and secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education.http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/events/b1976c.html He became cardinal deacon in 1988, and became at the same time, the librarian and archivist of the Holy Roman Church. In 1992 he was elevated to cardinal priest and prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments,http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20070202_card-javierre-ortas_en.html which he took care of until 1996. He died in 2007 in Rome.
In 1992, he allowed the existence of female altar servers in the Church, a decision that was somewhat controversial due to the fact that the practice had previously been banned by his curial congregation, given that having a greater number of male alter servers can attract a greater number of candidates to the priesthood.Vatican communication on female altar servers 
==References==
==External links==
*Full cardinal's biography in Norwegian - katolsk.no
*Obituary of the cardinal - katolsk.no
Category:1921 births
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Category:Salesians
Category:Spanish bishops
Category:Spanish Roman Catholics
Category:Spanish cardinals
Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Category:Members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Category:Members of the Congregation for Catholic Education
Category:Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II
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