What is José Saraiva Martins?
[[File:José Saraiva Martins in April 2017.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Martins in April 2017]] '''José Saraiva Martins, [[Claretians|C.M.F.]]''', [[Order of Christ (Portugal)|GCC]] (born 6 January 1932) is a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He is the Prefect Emeritus of the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]], having was prefect from 1998 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stanley|first1=Alexandra|title=37 New Cardinals Selected by Pope; Egan is Elevated|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/22/world/new-princes-church-overview-37-new-cardinals-selected-pope-egan-elevated.html|access-date=8 June 2018|work=New York Times|date=22 January 2001}}</ref> On 9 July 2008, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] accepted his resignation as prefect to be succeeded by [[Angelo Amato]].<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/07/09/0463/01084.html | access-date = 8 June 2018 | date= 9 July 2008 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 09.07.2008 | language =it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{cite web| access-date = 24 November 2017| title= Saraiva Martins Card. José, C.M.F. |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_saraiva-martins_j.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 19 September 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919132821/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_saraiva-martins_j.html }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saraiva Martins, Jose}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:Portuguese Roman Catholic bishops]]