{{Short description|Filipino Archbishop and Cardinal (1929–2012)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = José Tomás Sánchez | honorific-suffix = | title = [[Congregation for the Clergy|Former Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy]] | image = Portrait of Cardinal Jose Sanchez.jpg | caption = Portrait of Jose Cardinal Sanchez. From the [[Pontificio Collegio Filippino]] collection. | province = Nueva Segovia | see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Nueva Segovia]] | enthroned = July 1, 1991 | ended = June 15, 1996 (Retired) | predecessor = [[Antonio Innocenti]] † | successor = [[Dario Castrillon Hoyos]] | ordination = May 12, 1946 | consecration = May 12, 1968 | cardinal = June 28, 1991 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucena|Bishop of Lucena]]|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Archbishop of Nueva Segovia]]|[[San Pio V a Villa Carpegna|Cardinal-Deacon of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna]]||[[San Pio V a Villa Carpegna|Cardinal-Priest of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna]]}} | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|3|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Pandan, Catanduanes|Pandan]], [[Catanduanes]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|3|9|1920|3|17}} | death_place = [[Manila, Philippines]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/250828/news/nation/jose-cardinal-sanchez-1920-2012|title = Jose Cardinal Sanchez, 1920-2012| date=9 March 2012 }}</ref> | buried = Virac Cathedral, [[Virac, Catanduanes]] | nationality = | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | alma_mater = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Jose Tomas Sanchez.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | motto = ''"Doce me facere voluntatem"'' ("Teach to do thy will") | signature = | consecrated_by = [[Carmine Rocco]] }} {{Infobox cardinal styles | cardinal name = Jose Tomas Sanchez | dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] | offstyle = Your Eminence | relstyle = [[Monsignor]] | See = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Nueva Segovia]] | deathstyle = | image = Coat of arms of Jose Tomas Sanchez.svg | image_size = 200px }} '''José Tomás Sánchez''' (March 17, 1920 – March 9, 2012) was a [[Catholic Church in the Philippines|Filipino Catholic]] prelate who served as [[prefect]] of the [[Dicastery for the Clergy|Congregation for the Clergy]] from 1991 to 1996. He previously held several diocesan bishop positions in the Philippines, the last of which was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Archbishop of Nueva Segovia]] from 1982 to 1986.
He was ordained a [[priest]] on May 12, 1946, and consecrated bishop on May 12, 1968, following his appointment as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cáceres|Auxiliary Bishop of Cáceres]]. He was elevated to [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] on June 28, 1991, by [[Pope John Paul II]].
==Early life and education== Sánchez was born in [[Pandan, Catanduanes|Pandan]] in the island-province of [[Catanduanes]]. He was the eighth of ten children born to Patricio Sánchez and Paz Tomás, who was said to be of Spanish descent.<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite AV media |url-status = live |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/frL-GbUBRT0 |archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frL-GbUBRT0&NR=1, |title = Power To Unite with Elvira Cardinal Jose T Sanchez 2of7 |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
He attended the Holy Rosary Seminary (then named ''Seminario del Santísimo Rosario'') in [[Naga City, Camarines Sur|Naga City]], and afterwards obtained his doctorate in theology at the [[University of Santo Tomas|University of Santo Tomás]] of [[Manila]].
==Early priesthood== After an early ambition to become an engineer, Sánchez almost did not enter the priesthood when [[Empire of Japan|Imperial Japan]] temporarily closed the seminary during the [[Second World War]]; his friends from the seminary encouraged him to continue his studies.<ref name="youtube.com"/> Sanchez was ordained on May 12, 1946, as a priest from [[Sorsogon]], where he was asked to teach at the Peñafrancia Seminary. According to him, he taught Latin, Spanish and, because no one else could ably teach the subjects, Geometry and Algebra. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Caceres on February 5, 1968, at 47 years old, and became Titular Bishop of Lesvi.<ref name="Hierarchy">{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bsajt|José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez|21 January 2015}}{{Self-published source|date=March 2015}}</ref>
==Episcopacy== ===Bishop of Lucena=== On December 13, 1971, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena with the right to succeed as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucena|Bishop of Lucena]] upon the see's vacancy, which he did on September 25, 1976, at age 56.<ref name="Hierarchy"/>
===Archbishop of Nueva Segovia=== On June 12, 1982, he was appointed by [[Pope John Paul II]] as [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia|Archbishop of Nueva Segovia]], succeeding Most Rev. Juan C. Sison. He resigned from the seat on March 22, 1986, due to his appointment to the [[Roman Curia]] as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.<ref name="Hierarchy"/>
===Roman Curia and cardinalate=== On October 30, 1985, he was appointed to the [[Roman Curia]] as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. On June 28, 1991, he was elevated by Pope John Paul II to the [[College of Cardinals]] as [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of ''[[San Pio V a Villa Carpegna]]''. On July 1, 1991, he was also appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. He retired as Prefect on June 15, 1996. He was elevated to Cardinal-Priest after 10 years on February 26, 2002.<ref name="Hierarchy"/>
==Return to the Philippines and death== Sánchez returned to the Philippines in December 2010, ostensibly to fight the [[Reproductive Health Bill]], which he believed will destroy the Filipino family due to the promotion of extramarital sex and premarital sex that comes with the distribution of contraceptives.<ref>Philippine Daily Inquirer, 9 April 2011.</ref>
"His constant prayer was that Europe’s loss of its Christian faith would never happen in the Philippines," wrote former Senator [[Francisco Tatad]]. "And he would contribute his last strength to the fight of the Filipino family against the international reproductive health lobby, which has destroyed the family and killed the Christian faith in many parts of the world."<ref>Francisco Tatad, ''In Memoriam Cardinal Jose Tomas Sanchez'', March 9, 2012.</ref>
Cardinal Sánchez died on March 9, 2012, at the age of 91 due to multiple organ failure and 8 days before his 92nd birthday. He was the longest-living Filipino Cardinal, until August 2024, when Cardinal [[Gaudencio Rosales]] turned 92 on August 10, making Sanchez the second longest-lived Filipino Cardinal.<ref name="cbcpnews.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/18860|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312092708/http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/18860|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 12, 2012|title = Cardinal Sanchez dies at 91 | CBCP News}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_sanchez_jt_en.html Vatican Cardinal Bio] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060826183125/http://catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=139 Cardinal Sanchez bio]}} * https://web.archive.org/web/20120325092035/http://www.bicolmail.com/issue/2012/mar22/xjose.html Bicol Mail
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