President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts; Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eugenio.
H.E. Julian Cardinal Herranz was born in Spain in 1930. Studying in Madrid, he obtained doctorates in both canon law and medicine. Cardinal Herranz was ordained in 1955 in Madrid, taught at the University of Navarre and was actively involved in the work of the Second Vatican Council. In 1983, Cardinal Herranz was appointed secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law. He was made bishop of the titular diocese of Vertara in 1990. From 1994- 2007, he presided as president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts for the Roman Curia, where he was responsible for advising the Vatican and the Pope on matters of church law. Pope John Paul II elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 2003. Cardinal Herranz is on the editorial boards of the journals Studi Cattolici and Ius Canonicum and is considered one of the foremost experts in Canon law.