Carlos González Cruchaga

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Carlos González Cruchaga (born June 8, 1921 in Santiago de Chile , Chile , †  September 21, 2008 in Lircay near Talca , Chile) was Bishop of Talca .

Life

Carlos González Cruchaga, cousin and godchild of the Chilean Jesuit and saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga , studied agricultural sciences from 1937 after attending the Jesuit College of San Ignacio and entered the seminary in Santiago in 1938 . He studied theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and received by Archbishop José María Caro Rodríguez the priesthood on September 23, 1944, the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile . After pastoral care, he worked from 1947 to 1949 for "Asesor Nacional de la Juventud Obrera Católica (JOC)", the national Catholic child and youth welfare organization in Chile. He was prefect at the seminary of Santiago, later its rector.

Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Talca in 1967. He received his episcopal ordination on May 7, 1967, the Bishop of Valdivia José Manuel Santos Ascarza OCD; Co- consecrators were Bernardino Piñera Carvallo , Bishop of Temuco, and Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso , Auxiliary Bishop in Santiago de Chile. He was President of the Chilean Bishops' Conference from 1988 to 1992 . As an advocate for human rights under the dictator Augusto Pinochet , he advocated the democratization of Chile.

His age-related resignation was granted in 1996 by John Paul II . He died of complications from liver cancer.

Fonts

  • Sobre La Cabeza Llueve Ceniza , Editorial Tiberiades, ISBN 9567488940 .
  • Y Que Hiciste Con Tu Hermano? , Libro Nuevo, ISBN 9562829626 .
  • Humanidad y Fe.Monseñor Carlos González Cruchaga .Homenaje en sus sesenta años de sacerdocio , Editorial Universidad de Talca 2004, ISBN 9567059608 .
  • La Mirada Atenta y El Paso Ligero , Ediciones Chile America 2003, ISBN 9562111059 .
  • Quién es Jesús , 2008

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Muere obispo emérito Carlos González Cruchaga a los 87 años" ( Memento of the original of December 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , La Tercera, September 21, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.latercera.cl

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predecessor Office successor
Manuel Larraín Errazuriz Bishop of Talca
1967–1996 		Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca
personal data
SURNAME González Cruchaga, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean clergyman, Bishop of Talca
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Santiago de Chile , Chile
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 2008
Place of death Lircay near Talca , Chile