vicente ferrer
Vicente Ferrer
doctor honoris causa
Vicente Ferrer
Investit el 6 de octubre del 2000, per el rector de la Universitat Politècnica de València, Justo Nieto Nieto.
Vicente Ferrer
Cooperant i activista espanyol dedicat al desenvolupament rural a l'Índia. Va fundar la Fundació Vicente Ferrer, dedicada a millorar les condicions de vida de les comunitats més desfavorides del país asiàtic.
Burriana, 1907. Cardinal.
He pursued ecclesiastical studies in Tortosa and earned a doctorate in Theology in Valencia. He was ordained a priest in 1929. He served as Archpriest of Vinaroz (1938), Bishop of Solsona (1942–64), Bishop of Oviedo (1964–69), Archbishop of Toledo (1969–71), and Archbishop of Madrid (1971–83). He was elevated to the Cardinalate in 1969 and took part in the Second Vatican Council.
He worked actively in Catholic Action and was rapporteur of the Synod of Bishops in Rome. He served as President of the Spanish Episcopal Conference until 1983. He was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy (1970), a member of the Valencian Council of Culture, and President of the Cultural Promotion Commission. He authored numerous books and essays, countless newspaper and opinion articles, and a great number of papers and lectures.