Luis Ladaria Ferrer
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer (born 19 April 1944) is a Spanish Jesuit archbishop. He currently serves as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Roman Curia, while still teaching at the Pontifical Gregorian University (where he resides) and remaining an active member of the International Theological Commission.
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Luis Ladaria Ferrer was born in Manacor, on the island of Majorca (Spain), and studied at the University of Madrid, graduating with a degree in law in 1966. He entered the Society of Jesus on 17 October 1966. After attending the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid and the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Ladaria was ordained to the priesthood on 29 July 1973.
He later obtained his doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1975, with a thesis entitled, The Holy Spirit in St. Hilary of Poitiers. In that same year, he became professor of dogmatic theology at the Comillas Pontifical University, later assuming the same position at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome in 1984. Ladaria was vice-rector of the Gregorian from 1986 to 1994, and a member of the International Theological Commission from 1992 to 1997. He served as a consultor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 1995 as well.
In March 2004, he was named Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission. Ladaria, beginning in 2006, led the Holy See's evaluation of the concept of limbo, that is, of the fate of children who die before receiving the sacrament of Baptism; he was of the opinion that there existed hope that these children would be able to find salvation and enjoy the beatific vision.
On 9 July 2008, he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Titular Archbishop of Thibica by Pope Benedict XVI. As Secretary, Ladaria serves as the second-highest official of that dicastery under William Cardinal Levada. He succeeds Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B., who was made Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. He will nevertheless retain his role within the International Theological Commission[1]. His episcopal ordination took place on 26 July 2008 (the ordaining prelate being Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. and the co-consecrators William Joseph Cardinal Levada and Bishop Vincenzo Paglia).
Ladaria Ferrer is considered to be theologically conservative, and subscribes to ressourcement, a return to earlier sources, traditions, and symbols of the Church[2]. He also has a predilection for patrology and Christology. On 13 November 2008, Archbishop Ladaria Ferrer was appointed as a consulter in the Congregation for Bishops [1]. While on the 31 January 2009 he was named a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. [2]
He resigned the post of General Secretary of the International Theological Commission on 22 April 2009 and was replaced by Fr. Charles Morerod, O.P.
Archbishop Ladaria Ferrer was named to take part in the Holy See team in charge of the dialogue with the Society of St. Pius X that will begin on 26 October 2009 along with Fr Morerod and Mons. Fernando Ocariz, Vicar General of Opus Dei and Fr. Karl Josef Becker, S.J., consultant of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
[edit] References
- ^ Catholic World News. Confirmed: New Prefect for Congregation for Saints July 9, 2008
- ^ National Catholic Reporter. "Kind" and "reliable" Jesuit Named To Vatican's Top Doctrinal Post July 11, 2008
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| Preceded by Georges Cottier |
General Secretary of the International Theological Commission March 2004–22 April 2009 |
Succeeded by Charles Morerod |
| Preceded by Angelo Amato |
Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 9 July 2008–incumbent |
Succeeded by incumbent |
