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Antonio María Rouco Varela (born 20 August ) is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church..
Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid (Spain), was born on August 24, in Villalba, diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain.
Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain), was born on 20 August in Villalba, diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain. From to he studied at the seminary of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, and from to he studied theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
He was ordained a priest on 28 March in the ‘Catedral Vieja’ of Salamanca.
From to , he studied law and theology at the University of Munich and earned a doctorate, with a dissertation on Church-State relations in 16th Century Spain.
He was professor of fundamental theology and canon law at the seminary of Mondoñedo from ; adjunct professor at the Institute of Canon Law at the University of Munich from ; professor of public ecclesiastical law at the Pontifical University of Salamanca from ; taught fundamental canon law in and served as vice-rector in of the same university.
He was also an expert at the Pastoral Council of Galizia since its preparatory phase in
On 17 September he was appointed titul