Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto
Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto OP (born September 21, 1920 in Cajabamba , Peru , † October 28, 2010 in Lima ) was Bishop of Puno from 1972 to 1998 .
Life
Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto came from an extended family and had thirteen siblings. In 1937 he joined the Dominican Congregation in the Santo Domingo de Lima monastery. On June 6, 1940, he took his religious vows and studied philosophy and theology at the Dominican religious school in Cusco. He was ordained a priest on December 27, 1947 . Calderón Barrueto was initially assistant teacher at the religious school and completed a theology degree at the Angelicum in Rome. After his return he became a novice master and teacher as well as pastor of the missions in the neighboring villages of the city of Cusco. Later he was prior of the Santo Domingo de Arequipa monastery.
Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Mevania in 1969 and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Ica . He received his episcopal consecration on April 27, 1969, the Bishop of Ica, Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón OP; Co- consecrators were Eduardo Picher Peña , Bishop of Callao, and Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte OP, Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado. In 1972 he was appointed Bishop of Puno by Pope Paul VI. In 1998, his age-related resignation was granted.
Calderón Barrueto has repeatedly campaigned for human rights, denouncing human rights violations in his sermons and campaigning for the victims of political violence. He supported the farmers' organizations in the Puno region in the fight for land. He was considered a forerunner of liberation theology in the Catholic Church of the southern Andes.
Web links
- Entry on Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 4, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Muere el Obispo del Pueblo, Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto , pachamamaradio.org, October 28, 2010
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Julio González Ruiz |
Bishop of Puno 1972–1998 |
Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calderón Barrueto, Jesús Mateo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Calderón Barrueto, Jesús Mateo OP |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian religious, Bishop of Puno |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cajabamba , Peru |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2010 |
| Place of death | Lima , Peru |