Urbano Navarrete Cortés
{{Short description|Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal and professor}}
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| type = Cardinal
| honorific-prefix = His Eminence
| name = Urbano Navarrete Cortés,
| honorific-suffix = S.J.
| title = Cardinal-Deacon of San Ponziano
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| ordination = 31 May 1952
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| cardinal = 24 November 2007 (appointed)
13 January 2008 (installed)
| other_post = Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University (1980–1986)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|5|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Camarena de la Sierra, Teruel, Spain
| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|11|22|1920|5|25|df=y}}
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Urbano Navarrete Cortés, S.J. (25 May 1920 – 22 November 2010) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, professor of canon law and former rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was made a cardinal in 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Biography
Cardinal Navarrete Cortés was born in Camarena de la Sierra, Teruel; his father was José Navarrete Esteban. He entered the Society of Jesus on 20 June 1937; after his licentiate in philosophy and in theology he obtained a doctorate in canon law. Cardinal Navarrete was ordained to the priesthood on 31 May 1952, during the International Eucharistic Congress. A world-renowned canonist,{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} he then served as Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome until 1980, when he was appointed rector. Navarrete was granted an honorary doctorate by the Pontifical University of Salamanca in 1994 and was a consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Roman Curia.
On 17 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would elevate Navarrete to the College of Cardinals. The Pope honored Navarrete's request to be dispensed from the requirement of episcopal consecration, and, at the consistory in St. Peter's Basilica on 24 November 2007, Navarrete was created Cardinal Deacon of S. Ponziano.{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2007/documents/ns_lit_doc_20071124_titoli_en.html|title=Titular Churches of the new Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church|date=24 November 2007|publisher=Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|access-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728233733/https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2007/documents/ns_lit_doc_20071124_titoli_en.html|archive-date=28 July 2016|url-status=live}} His appointment followed the precedent set by previous Popes for rewarding priests who have made significant contributions to the life and work of the Church.
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External links
- [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2007.htm#Navarrete Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107065954/http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2007.htm#Navarrete |date=7 January 2018 }}
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnavar.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
- [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=278 Catholic-pages]
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Category:21st-century Spanish cardinals
Category:20th-century Spanish Jesuits
Category:Cardinals created by Pope Benedict XVI
Category:People from the Province of Teruel
Category:Academic staff of the Pontifical Gregorian University