Paris, Barcelona and Rome (1944-1989)

Mgr. Fernando Ocáriz was born in Paris on October 27, 1944, to a Spanish family exiled in France during the Civil War (1936-1939). He is the youngest of eight siblings. He graduated in Physics from the University of Barcelona in 1966.

He graduated with a licentiate in Theology from the Lateran University in 1969 and earned a doctorate in Theology from the University of Navarre in 1971. He was ordained to the priesthood in the same year..

Since 1986, he has served as a consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.