Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte OFM (born July 5, 1948 in Chota ) is a Peruvian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Trujillo .
Life
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte joined the order of the Franciscans , made perpetual profession on June 29, 1974 and was ordained a priest on December 7, 1974 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Lima and titular bishop of Belesasa on June 20, 1988 . He was ordained episcopal on August 7th of the same year by the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, OFM; Co -consecrators were Archbishop Luigi Dossena , Apostolic Nuncio in Peru, and Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada OFM, Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga .
On February 6, 1996, he was appointed military bishop of Peru . He renounced his titular seat Belesasa on March 7, 1998. On July 29, 1999 he was appointed Archbishop of Trujillo . In 2018, his fellow bishops elected him chairman of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference ( Conferencia Episcopal Peruana ).
In 2019 he was elected President of the Latin American Council of Bishops (CELAM) for a term until 2023 .
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Footnotes
- ^ Presidencia de la CEP , accessed April 30, 2018.
- ↑ Guía Eclesiástica - Celam , accessed on May 25, 2019.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Picher Peña |
Military Bishop of Peru 1996–1999 |
Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón |
| Manuel Prado Pérez-Rosas SJ |
Archbishop of Trujillo since 1999 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cabrejos Vidarte, Héctor Miguel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Trujillo |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chota , Peru |