José Cardinal Saraiva Martins
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José Cardinal Saraiva Martins, GCC (born 6 January 1932) is a Cardinal Deacon and Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Gagos do Jarmelo, Portugal, Martins was ordained as a priest in 1957; he studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and then at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, where he earned a doctorate.
Saraiva Martins taught metaphysics for a year in Marino, Italy, then came to the Claretianum in Rome where he taught fundamental and sacramental theology for 10 years. He became rector of the Pontifical Urbanian University for three terms (1977-1980, 1980-1983, 1986-1988).
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Thuburnica (titular see) |
In 1988, he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education and titular Archbishop of Thuburnica, and ten years later, he was named Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Saraiva Martins was proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001 with the title of Cardinal Deacon of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Today he lives in Rome and works in the Vatican City.
