Victor Manuel Cardinal Fernández

Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta

President of the International Theological Commission

President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Note(s): (Pontificia Universidad Catolica S. Maria de los B.A.)

Motto: En Medio De Tu Pueblo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jul 1962		Born
21 Dec 1985	23.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
15 Aug 1986	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto, Argentina
20 May 2011	48.8	Appointed	Rector
13 May 2013	50.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia
15 Jun 2013	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia
24 Apr 2018	55.7	Ceased	Rector
2 Jun 2018	55.8	Appointed	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
16 Jun 2018	55.9	Installed	Archbishop of La Plata, Argentina
1 Jul 2023	60.9	Appointed	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
1 Jul 2023	60.9	Appointed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
1 Jul 2023	60.9	Appointed	President of the International Theological Commission
15 Sep 2023³	61.1	Installed	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
15 Sep 2023³	61.1	Installed	President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
15 Sep 2023³	61.1	Installed	President of the International Theological Commission
30 Sep 2023	61.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
30 Sep 2023	61.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta
3 Dec 2023	61.3	Installed	Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta
21 Apr 2025	62.7	Ceased	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
9 May 2025	62.8	Confirmed	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Victor Manuel Fernández
Victor Manuel Cardinal Fernández
(born 18 Jul 1962)
Prefect of Doctrine of the Faith

Ad Limina - May 2019: Bishop
Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Alcira Gigena, Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop José María Arancedo
Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Corrientes
Bishop Eduardo Eliseo Martín
Bishop of Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto
Bishop Carlos José Tissera
Bishop of Quilmes

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli (2002)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, S.J. † (1992)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Jorge Esteban González (2020)
Bishop Federico Guillermo Wechsung (2023)
Bishop David Arthur Waller (2024)
Archbishop John Joseph Kennedy (2024)
Archbishop Philippe Curbelié (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Hugo Ricardo Araya (2017)
Archbishop Gustavo Oscar Carrara (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Alcira Gigena, Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Buenos Aires, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina

External Link(s):

VIAF: 87690112
WikiData: Q6165619

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 13 May 2013
ob/c2: CB, 13 May 2013
c34: CB, 20 May 2013
c4: CB, 15 Jun 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 214, Number 17,803
ab: Bollettino, 2 Jun 2018
i: CB, 4 Jun 2018
ab: Bollettino, 1 Jul 2023
card: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
cdea: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023
i: Bollettino, 27 Nov 2023
conf: Bollettino, 9 May 2025

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