Luis Héctor Villalba

Cardinal Villalba (February 2015)

Cardinal coat of arms

Luis Héctor Cardinal Villalba (born October 11, 1934 in Buenos Aires ) is old archbishop of Tucumán .

Life

Luis Héctor Villalba joined the seminary in his hometown in 1952 and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires on September 24, 1960 . In 1961 he obtained a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University . He taught church history from 1965 to 1975 at the Theological Faculty of the Catholic University of Argentina. From 1969 to 1972 Villalba was also dean of this faculty.

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires and titular bishop of Aufinium on October 20, 1984 . The Archbishop of Buenos Aires , Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu , donated him episcopal ordination on December 22nd of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Arnaldo Clemente Canale , auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires, and Carmelo Juan Giaquinta , auxiliary bishop in Viedma .

On July 16, 1991, he was appointed Bishop of San Martín and on October 26 of the same year he was appointed to the office. On July 8, 1999, he was appointed Archbishop of Tucumán , and on September 17 of the same year he was appointed to the office. From 2005 to 2011, Villalba was Vice President of the Argentine Bishops' Conference . On June 10, 2011, Benedict XVI. his resignation request submitted for reasons of age.

In the solemn consistory on February 14, 2015, Pope Francis accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Girolamo a Corviale in the college of cardinals . From August 16 to October 23, 2017, Cardinal Villalba was Apostolic Administrator in charge of the affairs of the Archdiocese of Tucumán.

Web links

Villalba, Luis Héctor. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed May 14, 2018.
Entry on Luis Héctor Villalba on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Tucumán (Argentina) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 10, 2011, accessed January 12, 2015 (Italian).
↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 14, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Domingo Salvador Castagna	Bishop of San Martín 1991–1999	Héctor Sabatino Cardelli
Raúl Arsenio Casado	Archbishop of Tucumán 1999–2011	Alfredo Zecca

personal data
SURNAME	Villalba, Luis Héctor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Villalba, Cardinal Luis Héctor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine clergyman, senior archbishop of Tucumán
DATE OF BIRTH	October 11, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buenos Aires

[1] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Tucumán (Argentina) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 10, 2011, accessed January 12, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 14, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 (Italian).