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Marcelo Gonzalez Martin
CardinalCoA PioM
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Toledo

Marcelo Gonzalez Martin (16 January 1918 - 25 August 2004) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.

Gonzalez Martin was born in Villanubla, Valladolid Province as the son of Marcelo González, a small merchant; and Costanza Martín. He was educated at the Seminary of Valladolid and the Pontifical University of Comillas.

Priesthood[]

He was ordained on 29 June 1941 in Valladolid. From 1941 until 1960 he was, successively, a faculty member of the Seminary of Valladolid; a faculty member of the University of Valladolid; a pastoral worker in the archdiocese of Valladolid; a diocesan chaplain of Catholic Action; the founder of "Patronato de San Pedro Regalado" for construction of houses for poor families; a canon of the cathedral chapter; and a synodal judge. He was created Domestic prelate of His Holiness on 24 March 1960.

Episcopate[]

He was appointed bishop of Astorga by Pope John XXIII on 31 December 1960. He was consecrated on the 5 March 1961. He attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962-1965. He was promoted to titular archbishop of Case Mediane and coadjutor bishop of Barcelona on 21 February 1966 by Pope Paul VI. He became the Archbishop of Barcelona on 7 January 1967. He was transferred to the metropolitan and primatial see of Toledo on 3 December 1971.

Cardinalate[]

He was created and proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Agostino by Pope Paul in the consistory of March 5, 1973. He took part in the conclaves that elected Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II in August and October. He resigned the pastoral government of the archdiocese on 23 June 1995. He lost the right to participate in a conclave when he turned 80 years of age, January 16, 1998. He died in 2004 in Fuentes de Nava, Palencia.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Gregorio Modrego y Casaus
Archbishop of Barcelona
7 January 1967–3 December 1971
Succeeded by
Narciso Jubany Arnau
Preceded by
Vicente Enrique y Tarancón
Archbishop of Toledo
3 December 1971–23 June 1995
Succeeded by
Francisco Alvarez Martínez
Preceded by
Fernando Quiroga y Palacios
Cardinal Priest of Sant'Agostino
1973–2004
Succeeded by
Jean-Pierre Ricard

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