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    Antonio Cañizares Llovera

    click here to enlarge this imageAt present, he leads the local Church, together with Peter's successor and all the Bishops.

    He was born in Utiel (Valencia)
    on 15 October 1945.

    Ordained priest in Sinarcas (Valencia)
    on 21 June 1970.

    Ordained Bishop of Ávila
    on 6 March 1992
    .

    Episcopal Ordination
    on 25 April 1992.

    Appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada
    on 1 February 1997.

    Appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo
    on 24 October 2002.

    Created cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI
    on 24 March de 2006.

    Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
    on 9 December 2008.

    Appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia
    on 28 August 2014.

    Took up the Archdiocese
    on 4 October 2014.

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