Arturo Tabera Araoz

Arturo Tabera Araoz J.C.D. (29 October 1903 – 13 June 1975) was a Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes.

His Eminence Arturo Tabera Araoz C.M.F.
Prefect of the Congregation for the Religious and Secular Institutes
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	13 September 1973
Term ended	13 June 1975
Predecessor	Ildebrando Antoniutti
Successor	Eduardo Francisco Pironio
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio (1969-75)
Orders
Ordination	22 December 1928 by Basilio Pompili
Consecration	5 May 1946 by Leopoldo Eijo y Garay
Created cardinal	28 April 1969 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Arturo Tabera Araoz
Born	29 October 1903 Barco de Ávila, Kingdom of Spain
Died	13 June 1975 (aged 71) Clinic Pio XI, Rome, Italy
Buried	Sacro Cuore di Maria
Parents	Obdulio Tabera Emilia Araoz
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Lyrbe (1946-50) Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro (1946-50) Bishop of Barbastro (1950) Bishop of Albacete (1950-68) Archbishop of Pamplona (1968-71) Apostolic Administrator of Tudela (1968-71) Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship (1971-73)
Alma mater	Pontifical Roman Athenaeum S. Apollinare
Motto	Donec formetur Christus in vobis

Styles of Arturo Tabera Araoz
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lirbe (titular see)

Arturo Tabera Araoz was born in Barco, near Ávila, Spain. He joined the Congregation of Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in May 1915. He was educated at the Claretian Seminary, and the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare" in Rome where he earned a doctorate in canon law.

Priesthood

He was ordained on 22 December 1928. He was from 1930 until 1946 a faculty member of the Theological School of Zafra, Badajoz; director of the journal Ilustración del Clero, Madrid; staff member of the journal Commemoratium pro religiosis, Rome; secretary of the prefecture of studies of his congregation; founder of the journal Vida religiosa, Rome; vice-postulator of the cause of beatification of Marcelo Spinola y Maestre, Archbishop of Seville.

Episcopate

Pope Pius XII appointed him titular bishop of Lirbe and apostolic administrator of Barbastro, Spain on 16 February 1946. He was transferred to the diocese of Albacete on 13 May 1950. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Pamplona by Pope Paul VI on 23 July 1968.

Cardinalate

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio in the consistory of 28 April 1969 by Pope Paul. He was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship on 20 February 1971. His successor in the pastoral government of the archdiocese was announced on 4 December 1971. Pope Paul appointed him as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes on 8 September 1973. He died in 1975 in Rome.

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