Antonio María Javierre Ortas

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Antonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. (21 February 1921 – 1 February 2007) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, and former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in the Vatican.

Javierre Ortas was born in Siétamo, Spain. He was ordained in 1949 and took his doctorate in theology in Louvain. For many years he lectured in fundamental theology and dogmatics in places such as Turin, Rome, Peru, Guatemala and Poland. During the Second Vatican Council he was a spokesman for the Spanish bishops in ecumenical questions.

In 1976 Pope Paul VI made him archbishop, and secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education. He became cardinal deacon in 1988, and became at the same time, the Vatican's librarian and archivist. In 1992 he was elevated to cardinal priest and prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, which he took care of until 1996. He died in 2007 in Rome.

Preceded by Alfons Maria Stickler	Librarian and Archivist of the Roman Catholic Church 1988–1992	Succeeded by Luigi Poggi
Preceded by Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 1992–1996	Succeeded by Jorge Medina Estévez