Llu�s Mart�nez Sistach is the current Cardinal Archbishop of Barcelona. Mart�nez Sistach is the son of Juan Mart�nez Puig, a commercial representative, and Mar�a Sistach Masllorens, a housewife; they had three children, two girls and Llu�s; they resided in the neighborhood of Guinard�, where his two sisters still live. He studied bachillerato at Colegio de la Inmaculada of the Marist Brothers, Barcelona from 1942?53. He entered the Major Seminary of Barcelona, studying there from 1954?61. He was ordained a priest on 17 September 1961. He left Spain to study in Rome at the Pontifical Lateran University from 1962?67 where he earned a doctorate utroque iuris in 1967; his dissertation, "El Derecho de asociaci�n en la Iglesia", was published by the Theological Faculty of Catalonia. In 1987 Mart�nez Sistach was appointed Titular Bishop of Algeciras and auxiliary bishop of Barcelona. He was appointed Bishop of Tortosa in 1991. In 1997 he became Archbishop of Tarragona. In 2004 he became Archbishop of Barcelona. On 17 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would make Sistach a Cardinal. Mart�nez Sistach was elevated to the College of Cardinals in the consistory at St. [More at Wikipedia]

April 29th, 1937 in Barcelona (Age 87)