| Styles of Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Valencia |
Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente (February 12, 1931 – May 1, 2011) was a Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Valencia from 1992 to 2009, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.
Born in Corral de Almaguer, García-Gasco y Vicente entered the seminary of Madrid-Alcalá in 1944 and was ordained a priest on 26 May 1956.
In 1985 he was made Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain and Titular bishop of Nona. On July 24, 1992 he became Archbishop of Valencia. He retired as Archbishop of Valencia on 8 January 2009.[1]
On 17 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would make García-Gasco a Cardinal. García-Gasco y Vicente was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello in the consistory at St. Peter's Basilica on 24 November 2007.
He lost his right to voting in papal conclave on 12 February 2011, when he turned 80.
He died because of a heart attack on May 1, 2011, in Rome, day of the Beatification of Pope John Paul II. In November his official portrait[2] was unveiled by the archdiocese of Valencia.