Samuel Ruiz García

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Samuel Ruiz García (born November 3, 1924 in Irapuato , Guanajuato state , Mexico , † January 24, 2011 in Mexico City ) was a Mexican clergyman and bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas and peace activist . He was considered a defender of the concerns of the indigenous people of Mexico, the Maya .

Samuel Ruiz García [digital illustration]

Life

Samuel Ruiz García, son of mestizos , was ordained a priest on April 2, 1949 in Rome after completing his theological and philosophical studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and subsequent doctorate in theology and biblical studies . He was professor and rector of the seminary in León .

On November 14, 1959, Samuel Ruiz García was by Pope John XXIII. appointed bishop of the southern Mexican diocese Ciudad Real de Chiapas (renamed San Cristóbal de Las Casas in 1964) in indigenous territory . He was ordained episcopal by the Bishop of León , Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla , on January 25, 1960. Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Durango , Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia , and the Bishop of Tehuantepec , José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios .

Samuel Ruiz García was the councilor of all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . Under the impression of the council, he primarily took care of the poor, disenfranchised and despised indigenous people. He promoted the training of confident indigenous catechists and deacons to become spokesmen for their communities.

Ruiz García was from 1965 to 1970 President of the Commission for the Native People of Mexico in the Mexican Bishops' Conference ( Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano ). In 1970 he became President of the Mission Department of the Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM). In 1974 he founded the National Congress of the Indigenous People of Mexico and in 1988 the Center for Human Rights “Fray Bartolomé de las Casas” to represent the interests of the indigenous people and residents of Chiapas against violence. In 1992 he became president of the Secretariado Internacional Cristiano de Solidaridad con América Latina (SICSAL). From 1994 to 1998 Samuel Ruiz García was active as President of the National Mediation Commission CONAI ( Comisión Nacional de Intermediación ).

Samuel Ruiz died of complications from arterial hypertension and diabetes. Mexican President Felipe Calderón said Bishop Ruiz's death "represents a great loss to Mexico".

Act

For 40 years he campaigned for the rights of the indigenous people of Mexico and was considered the successor to the Dominican Bishop Bartolomé de Las Casas , who advocated the rights of the indigenous people as early as the 16th century. With his commitment he drew the anger and hatred of the large landowners who called him the “red bishop” or “traitor to the fatherland”. In addition to the accusations of the church to falsify the faith within the liberation theology , there were various death threats and assassinations against him.

He was a member and, in the meantime, also president of the national mediation commission CONAI ( Comisión Nacional de Intermediación ) and mediated from 1994 to 1998 - even using a hunger strike - in the conflict between the Mexican government, the military and the indigenous Zapatista National Liberation Army as well as the indigenous people in the state Chiapas. Nevertheless, he remained a bishop until 2000 without abandoning his goal of helping the oppressed. Ruiz García, who spoke four Mayan languages, was a sharp critic of neoliberalism and the human rights situation in Mexico.

Samuel Ruiz García was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, 1995 and 1996 .

honors and awards

literature

in order of appearance

  • Carlos Fazio: Samuel Ruiz. El caminante . Espasa Calpe, Mexico City 1994, ISBN 968-413-344-8 .
  • Arturo Reyes, Miguel Angel Zebadúa Carboney: Samuel Ruiz. Sa lucha por la paz en Chiapas . Ediciones del Milenio, Mexico City 1995, ISBN 968-7419-06-7 .
  • Gary MacEoin: The people's church. Bishop Samuel Ruiz of Mexico and why he matters . Crossroad Publications, New York 1996, ISBN 0-8245-1576-5 .
  • Jean Meyer, Federico Anaya Gallardo, Julio Rios: Samuel Ruiz en San Cristobal (1960–2000) . Tusquets Editores, Mexico City 2000.
  • Aldo Zanchetta, Roberto Bugliani (ed.): Il Tatic Samuel Ruiz. Un vescovo tra gli Indios del Chiapas . Manni, San Cesario di Lecce 2004, ISBN 88-8176-505-5 .
  • Martín Hernández Linares: JTatic obispo. 50 años Samuel Ruiz García - Consagración episcopal, 1960–2010 . Diócesis de San Cristóbal de las Casas, San Cristóbal de las Casas 2010.
  • Juan Manuel Hurtado López (Ed.): Don Samuel, profeta y pastor . Asociación Teológica Ecuménica Mexicana / Razón y Raíz, Mexico City 2000 (new edition: Castellanos Editores, Mexico City 2016).
  • Jesús García González: Mi caminar al lado del caminante. Recordando a Don Samuel Ruiz García . Mexico City 2011.
  • Alberto Vitali: Il vescovo del Chiapas. Vita di Samuel Ruiz detto Tatic . EMI, Bologna 2012, ISBN 978-88-307-2063-3 .
  • Jorge Santiago: La pasión de servir al pueblo. Testamento espiritual de Don Samuel. Entrevista a jTatik . Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, Jobel (Chiapas) 2016.

Web links

Commons : Samuel Ruíz García  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julia Preston: Bishop Samuel Ruiz García, Defender of Mexico's Mayans, Dies at 86 . The New York Times website , January 26, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ Heiko Kiser: “Amazingly harmonious memory of Samuel Ruiz”. Rich and poor mourn the loss of Mexico's most famous and controversial bishop . University of Münster 2011, accessed on April 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ Gerhard Stapf: Awarding of the International Nuremberg Human Rights Prize to Samuel Ruiz García . In: Stadt Nürnberg (Ed.): Nürnberg heute , No. 71 (2001/2002), pp. 12–15.
  4. ^ A b David Agren: Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, 86, Champion of Indigenous, Dies in Mexico . Catholic News Service website, Jan. 24, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
  5. ^ Samuel Ruiz Garcia. A fighter for the poor . What is what website . Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Mourning the Mexican Indian Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia . Website kathweb.de, January 25, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
predecessor Office successor
Lucio Torreblanca Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
1959-2000 		Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel
personal data
SURNAME Ruiz García, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican clergyman, Bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas, peace activist
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Irapuato , Guanajuato State , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2011
Place of death Mexico city