Luis Ladaria Ferrer

Styles of
**Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer**
Styles of; Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

His Eminence

Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer

S.J.
His Eminence; Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer; S.J.
Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
	The cardinal in Rome on 4 February 2024.
Church	Catholic Church
Appointed	1 July 2017
Term ended	1 July 2023
Predecessor	Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Successor	Víctor Manuel Fernández
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant'Ignazio Loyola in Campo Marzio (2018–)
Previous post(s)	Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission (2004–08); Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2008–17); Titular Archbishop of Thibica (2008–18); President of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei" (2017–19); President of the International Theological Commission (2017–2023); President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission (2017–2023;
Orders
Ordination	29 July 1973; by Teodoro Ubeda Gramage
Consecration	26 July 2008; by Tarcisio Bertone
Created cardinal	28 June 2018; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Born	Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer; 19 April 1944 (age 80); Manacor, Spain
Alma mater	University of Madrid; Comillas Pontifical University; Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology; Pontifical Gregorian University;
Motto	In sanctitate et iustitia
Coat of arms

Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer SJ (born 19 April 1944) is a Spanish Jesuit, theologian and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After a thirty-year career teaching theology, he joined the Roman Curia in 2004 as Secretary-General of the International Theological Commission. He was made an archbishop when named secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 2008 and served as its prefect from 2017 to 2023. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 2018.