Ramón Salas Valdés
Ramón Salas Valdés SJ (born March 25, 1917 in Santiago de Chile , † February 17, 1999 ) was a Chilean religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Arica .
Life
Ramón Valdés Salas joined the Congregation of the Jesuits in and received on 20 December 1947, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On October 8, 1963, Pope Paul VI appointed him . to the first prelate of Arica. The inauguration took place on December 7th of the same year. Paul VI appointed him on December 5, 1966 titular bishop of Gor . The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile , Raúl Cardinal Silva Henríquez SDB , donated him episcopal ordination on March 11, 1967 ; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Cuzco , Ricardo Durand Flórez SJ, and the Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena , Arturo Mery Beckdorf . On November 11, 1977 Salas Valdés renounced the titular diocese of Gor. Ramón Salas Valdés was appointed the first bishop of Arica on August 29, 1986 as a result of the elevation of the territorial prelature of Arica to the diocese of Pope John Paul II .
On May 15, 1993, John Paul II accepted Ramón Salas Valdés' resignation due to reasons of age.
Salas Valdés attended the third and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Prelate / Bishop of Arica 1956–1974 |
Renato Hasche Sánchez SJ |
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| SURNAME | Salas Valdés, Ramón |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Arica |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1999 |