Manuel Arce y Ochotorena
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Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (August 18, 1879 – September 16, 1948) was a Spanish
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 Cardinal
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 of the Roman Catholic Church
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 who served as Archbishop of Tarragona
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 from 1944 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate
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 in 1946 by Pope Pius XII
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.
Born in Ororbia
Olza, Spain
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, Navarre
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, Manuel Arce y Ochotorena attended the seminaries
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 in Pamplona and Zaragoza
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 before going to Rome
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 to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University
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 and the Angelicum. He was ordained
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 to the priesthood
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 on July 17, 1904, and then taught at Pamplona's seminary.
 
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