In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ladaria and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer.
His Eminence
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer
S.J.
Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The cardinal in Rome on 4 February 2024.
Church
Catholic Church
Appointed
1 July 2017
Term ended
1 July 2023
Predecessor
Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Successor
Víctor Manuel Fernández
Other post(s)
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Ignazio Loyola in Campo Marzio (2018–)
Orders
Ordination
29 July 1973 by Teodoro Ubeda Gramage
Consecration
26 July 2008 by Tarcisio Bertone
Created cardinal
28 June 2018 by Pope Francis
Rank
Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer
(1944-04-19) 19 April 1944 (age 80)
Manacor, Spain
Previous post(s)
Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission (2004–08)
Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2008–17)
Titular Archbishop of Thibica (2008–18)
President of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" (2017–19)
President of the International Theological Commission (2017–2023)
President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (2017–2023
Alma mater
University of Madrid
Comillas Pontifical University
Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology
Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto
In sanctitate et iustitia
Coat of arms
Styles of Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer
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Luis Francisco Ladaria FerrerSJ (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.
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