RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Luis Ladaria Ferrer

1944 - Today

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Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer (born 19 April 1944) is a Spanish Jesuit, theologian and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After a thirty-year career teaching theology, he joined the Roman Curia in 2004 as Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission. He was made an archbishop when named secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 2008 and served as its prefect from 2017 to 2023. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Ladaria Ferrer is the 1,089th most popular religious figure (up from 1,138th in 2019), the 447th most popular biography from Spain (up from 548th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 1,089 out of 3,187. Before him are Ernest Simoni, Peter of Alcantara, William M. Branham, Ippolito de' Medici, Hatim al-Tai, and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova. After him are Franc Rode, Paolo Giovio, Eugène Tisserant, Al-Bayhaqi, Junípero Serra, and Heinrich Bullinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 134. Before him are Salmaan Taseer, Leila Khaled, Seán Patrick O'Malley, Chico Buarque, Francis Lee, and Robert Powell. After him are Roger Daltrey, Patrice Chéreau, Aguila Saleh Issa, Chico Mendes, James Heckman, and Norodom Ranariddh.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 447 out of 3,355. Before him are Anne Hidalgo (1959), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Manuel Santana (1938), Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873), and María Casares (1922). After him are Junípero Serra (1713), Alfonso IV of León (890), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), and Serena (365).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Luis Ladaria Ferrer ranks 36. Before him are Antipope Clement VIII (1370), Carlos Osoro Sierra (1945), Clemente Domínguez y Gómez (1946), Priscillian (340), Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), and Peter of Alcantara (1499). After him are Junípero Serra (1713), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Santos Abril y Castelló (1936), Peter Claver (1581), Fernando Vérgez Alzaga (1945), and Diego de Landa (1524).

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