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Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (14 May 1907 – 28 November 1994) known in his country as Cardenal Tarancón or Tarancón was a Spanish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Madrid from 1971 to 1983 and as president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference from 1971 to 1981 during the difficult years of the Spanish transition to democracy. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.