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March 12, 2014
José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (born 1936)
José Policarpo
José da Cruz Policarpo, officially referred to as José IV, Patriarch of Lisbon, though usually referred to as "D. José Policarpo", was Patriarch of Lisbon from 24 March 1998 to 18 May 2013. Pope John Paul II made him a Cardinal in 2001. Policarpo held a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
March 12
March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 294 days remain until the end of the year.