Ángel Fernández Artime
Ángel Fernández Artime | |
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Fernández in 2014 | |
| Appointed | 6 January 2025 |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana (2023-) |
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| Ordination | 4 July 1987 |
| Consecration | 20 April 2024 by Emil Paul Tscherrig |
| Created cardinal | 30 September 2023 by Pope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon |
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| Born | 21 August 1960 |
| Alma mater | University of Valladolid |
| Motto | Sufficit tibi gratia mea ("My grace is sufficient for You") |
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Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (born 21 August 1960) is a Spanish Catholic prelate who has served as Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life since 2025. He was Rector Major of the Salesians from 2014 to 2024, the first Spaniard to hold that office. He was previously provincial superior of the Salesian Province of Leon from 2000 to 2006 and of the Southern Argentina Province from 2009 to 2014.
Pope Francis made Fernández a cardinal in 2023 and allowed him to continue as rector until 16 August 2024. He was the first cleric made a cardinal while heading a religious order and the first cardinal elector not already a bishop since Roberto Tucci in 2001. Fernández's episcopal consecration was celebrated on 20 April 2024.