Ángel Herrera Oria (Santander, 1886, November 19 - Madrid, 1968, July 28) was a Spanish journalist, Catholic lay leader, politician and later priest, bishop and cardinal. He co-founded and presided (1908-1935) the Asociación Católica Nacional de Propagandistas (ACNdP) (Propagandists Catholic National Association), and the rightist party Acción Nacional (named after Acción Popular) (1931), presided Spanish Catholic Action (1933-1935), and edited (1911-1933) the pre-Civil War most important Catholic newspaper, El Debate.