Juan Carlos Aramburu

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Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu (born February 11, 1912 in Reducción , Argentina , † November 18, 2004 in Buenos Aires ) was Archbishop of Tucumán (1953–1975) and Buenos Aires (1975–1990).

Life

Juan Carlos Aramburu grew up in Spain and Argentina. After leaving school, he studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . He has a PhD in philosophy and canon law . On October 28, 1934 he received the sacrament of ordination , after which he returned to Argentina and performed various tasks in the diocese of Río Cuarto until 1946 . He served as a parish chaplain, lectured canon law and, as a subregens , looked after the students in the seminary “Our Lady of Loreto”.

Tomb of Cardinal Aramburu in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires

On October 7, 1946, Pope Pius XII appointed him . the titular bishop of Plataea and auxiliary bishop in Tucumán . He was ordained episcopate on December 15th of the same year by the Archbishop of Cordoba . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Río Cuarto, Leopoldo Buteler , and Auxiliary Bishop Ramón José Castellano from Córdoba. He was appointed Bishop of Tucumán on August 28, 1953, and was introduced to the office on November 1 of the same year. After the elevation to the archbishopric, he was appointed the first archbishop of Tucumán on March 13, 1957.

Juan Carlos Aramburu took part in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 and was appointed Titular Archbishop of Turres in Byzacena and Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires on June 14, 1967 . With the age-related resignation of Antonio Cardinal Caggiano , he became Bishop of the Ordinariate for Byzantine Believers in Argentina on April 21, 1975 and succeeded him one day later as Archbishop of Buenos Aires. On May 24, 1976, Pope Paul VI took him . as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini in the cardinals college. He took part in the August Conclave , from which Pope John Paul I emerged , and in the October 1978 Conclave , which John Paul II elected. Cardinal Aramburu was President of the Argentine Bishops' Conference from 1982 to 1985. Some - also within the church - accused him of ignoring the crimes of the military junta that ruled between 1976 and 1983 . In fact, according to a report in the El Mundo newspaper, he had good relations with General Juan Carlos Onganía, who ruled between 1966 and 1970, and all subsequent military governments.

On July 10, 1990, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation as Archbishop of Buenos Aires. On October 30th of the same year he also resigned the leadership of the Byzantine diocese. He died on November 18, 2004 in Buenos Aires after a heart failure and was buried in the local cathedral .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Obituary on the website of El Mundo (Spanish)
predecessor Office successor
Agustín Barrere (es) FMI (Arch) Bishop of Tucuman
Bishop 1953–1957
Archbishop 1957–1967
Blow Victorio Conrero (es)
Antonio Cardinal Caggiano Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Coadjutor Archbishop 1967–1975
Metropolitan Archbishop 1975–1990
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino
Raúl Francisco Cardinal Primatesta President of the Bishops' Conference of Argentina
1982–1985
Raúl Francisco Cardinal Primatesta