Arturo Tabera Araoz

Arturo Tabera Araoz CMF (29 October 1903 – 13 June 1975) was a Spanish cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes.

He was educated at the Claretian Seminary, and the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum "S. Apollinare" in Rome where he earned a doctorate in canon law.

Pope Pius XII appointed him titular bishop of Lirbe and apostolic administrator of Barbastro, Spain, on 16 February 1946.

He was made Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Montorio in the consistory of 28 April 1969[3] by Pope Paul.

Pope Paul appointed him prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes on 8 September 1973.