Ricardo María Carles Gordó

Styles of
**Ricardo Carles Gordó**
Styles of; Ricardo Carles Gordó
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Ricardo María Carles Gordó
His Eminence; Ricardo María Carles Gordó
Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Barcelona
See	Barcelona
Appointed	23 March 1990
Term ended	15 June 2004
Predecessor	Narciso Jubany Arnau
Successor	Lluís Martínez Sistach
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1994–2013)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Tortosa (1969–90); Vice-President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (1999–2002);
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1951; by Marcelino Olaechea Loizaga
Consecration	3 August 1969; by Luigi Dadaglio
Created cardinal	26 November 1994; by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Ricardo María Carles Gordó; 24 September 1926; Valencia, Kingdom of Spain
Died	17 December 2013 (aged 87); Hospital Santa Cruz, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain
Buried	Valencia Cathedral
Parents	Fermín Carles; Josefina Gordó
Alma mater	Pontifical University of Salamanca
Motto	Ut omnes unum sint
Coat of arms

Ricardo María Carles Gordó (24 September 1926 – 17 December 2013) was a cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona in the Catholic Church.

Biography

Born in Valencia, Spain, Carles Gordó was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951.

He studied at Teresian school in Valencia; then, he completed his secondary education at the Jesuit Colegio de San José. He entered the Seminary of Valencia, where he was a pupil at Colegio "Corpus Christi" and finally, he studied at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, where he obtained a licenciate in canon law in 1951–1953.

After his studies he served in pastoral ministry in the archdiocese of Valencia, including parish priest, rector of the parish of San Fernando in Valencia (1967); counselor of the Juventud Obrera Católica, JOC (Catholic Youth Workers); director of the boarding-school for deacons; vicar for clergy; and diocesan counselor for the pastoral for the family.

In 1969 he was appointed Bishop of Tortosa, and later as archbishop of Barcelona in 1990, a post he held until stepping down in 2004. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 26 November 1994 and held the title of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Consolatrice al Tiburtino. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

He died on 17 December 2013.^[1]