What is Francisco Álvarez Martínez?
[[File:Card. Alvarez Martinez (30913897465).jpg|right|200px]] '''Francisco Álvarez Martínez''' (14 July 1925 – 5 January 2022) was a Spanish prelate of the [[Catholic Church]]. He became a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] in 2001. He was born in [[Llanera, Asturias|Llanera]], [[Spain]]. Álvarez Martínez was [[archbishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|Toledo]] from 1995 to 2002. He was bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarazona|Tarazona]] from 1973 to 1976, of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño|Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño]] from 1976 to 1989, and of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante|Orihuela-Alicante]] from 1989 to 1995. Álvarez Martínez died on 5 January 2022 in [[Madrid]], Spain at the age of 96.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/eldigitalcastillalamancha/region/toledo/20220105/fallece-cardenal-emerito-toledo-francisco-alvarez-martinez/640186009_0.html|title=Fallece a los 96 años el cardenal emérito de Toledo Francisco Álvarez Martínez|work=El Espanol|date=5 January 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez Martinez, Francisco}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish Roman Catholic archbishops]] [[Category:Spanish cardinals]] [[Category:People from Madrid]] {{bio-stub}}