Ricardo MarÃa Carles Gordó
Ricardo María Carles Gordo Cardinal (born 24 September 1926 in Valencia, Spain, † December 17, 2013 in Tortosa, Spain) was a Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Barcelona.
Life
Ricardo María Carles Gordo received his secondary education at a Jesuit school, where his basic set in the family religious inculturation underwent a significant firming. He entered the seminary in Valencia and studied at the Colegio Corpus Christi in Valencia Catholic theology and philosophy. The priest He was ordained in 1951 in Valencia. After doctoral studies at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, he was in 1953 in Canon Law as Dr. iur. can. doctorate.
Subsequently, he worked in the years 1953-1969 in the community chaplaincy, including Ternes de Valldigna and Valencia, where he was particularly involved in youth work. He worked as head of the Christian Workers (YCW ) and Rector in the training of deacons, episcopal commissioner for priests and diocesan council for the family apostolate.
On June 6, 1969, he was called by Pope Paul VI. appointed bishop of the diocese of Tortosa. The episcopal ordination donated to him on August 3, 1969 Luigi Dadaglio, Apostolic Nuncio in Spain; Co-consecrators were his predecessor Manuel Moll y Salord and Auxiliary Bishop Rafael González Moralejo from Valencia. In the Spanish Episcopal Conference, he was Chairman of the Subcommittee on Family and the President of the Commission for Seminaries and Universities. In Tortosa, he convened the first diocesan synod after the Second Vatican Council.
Pope John Paul II appointed him on 23 March 1990 Archbishop of Barcelona. He participated in the Eighth Ordinary Session of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican from 30 September to 28 October 1990., He founded the Instituto de Barcelona Teología Espiritual.
Since 1994, Carles Gordo was a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino to the College of Cardinals. Pope John Paul II appointed him to the Congregation for Catholic Education, and in 1995 the Council of Cardinals for the Study of organizational and economic problems of the Holy See. From 2000 to 2006 he was a member of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.
His age-related resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on 15 June 2004. Cardinal Carles Gordo took part in the conclave in 2005, the conclave in 2013, he did not attend because he had the age limit of 80 years already passed. He died in 2013 87 -year-old in the hospital of Santa Cruz in Tortosa. As he held it in his will, he got rid buried in the Basilica de la Virgen de Desamparados in his hometown of Valencia.
At the funeral Mass for Ricardo María Carles took Lluís Martínez Sistach, his successor as archbishop of Barcelona, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Archbishop of Valencia, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo and eight other bishops in part.
Work
In the Spanish Episcopal Conference CEE was Ricardo María Carles 1972-1978 Member of the Commission for missions, he was a member from 1972 to 1975 the Commission for the Clergy, and was president of the Bishops' Subcommittee for the Family ( 1978-1984 ) and the Episcopal Commission for seminars and Universities ( 1984-1990 ). From 1990 to 2005 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the CEE and 1999-2002 Vice President of the CEE.
A major concern of his pastoral work was a contemporary evangelization, including the modern media.
Ricardo María Carles sat down for the beatification of the architect of the Sagrada Familia, Antonio Gaudi, one he took in protection against the accusation to have been Freemasons.
Writings
- Fe y cultura. Escritos pastoral, 1990, ISBN 84-7263-672-0
- Sea tu nombre Santificado, 1988, ISBN 84-220-1314-2
- Cartas a una mujer de hoy, 1999, ISBN 84-27024754
- El colegio de los Obispos, 2004, ISBN 84-933231-7-9
- Jesus Cristo: imagen del hombre nuevo, 2008