Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime, S.D.B.

Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Aug 1960		Born
3 Sep 1978	18.0	First Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
17 Jun 1984	23.8	Perpetual Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
4 Jul 1987	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
25 Mar 2014	53.5	Elected	Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
30 Sep 2023	63.1	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Sep 2023	63.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana
17 Dec 2023	63.3	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Auxiliatrice in via Tuscolana
5 Mar 2024	63.5	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ursona
20 Apr 2024	63.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Ursona
20 Apr 2024³	63.6	Resigned	Titular Archbishop of Ursona
16 Aug 2024	63.9	Ceased	Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
6 Jan 2025	64.3	Appointed	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
21 Apr 2025	64.6	Ceased	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
9 May 2025	64.7	Confirmed	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Ángel Fernández Artime
Ángel Cardinal Fernández Artime S.D.B.
(born 21 Aug 1960)
Pro-Prefect of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Gozón-Luanco (Asturie), Archdiocese of Oviedo, Spain
Ordained Priest León, Diocese of León, Spain
Ordained Bishop Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Rabat
Bishop Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.
Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig (1996)
Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gozón-Luanco (Asturie), Archdiocese of Oviedo, Spain
Ordained Priest	León, Diocese of León, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 315524152
WikiData: Q15978622

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
ceas: CB, 15 Jul 2023
cdea: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023
i: Bollettino, 11 Dec 2023
ab: Bollettino, 5 Mar 2024
ob/c2: AM, 11 Mar 2024
c34: CB, 13 Mar 2024
ceas: CB, 20 Apr 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,466
ab: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2025
conf: Bollettino, 9 May 2025

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

✠