Sergio Valech Aldunate

Sergio Valech Aldunate (born October 21, 1927 in Santiago de Chile , † November 24, 2010 ) was auxiliary bishop in Santiago de Chile .

Life

Sergio Valech Aldunate studied at the Seminary of Santiago de Chile and the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile . He was ordained a priest on June 28, 1953 by the Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, José María Caro . He was parish priest and vicar, director of the house of the clergy and professor at the seminary of Santiago de Chile. He held various positions in the Ordinariate of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, most recently as Vicar General and Canon of the Metropolitan Chapter at the Cathedral of Santiago de Chile.

In 1973 Pope Paul VI appointed him . as titular bishop of Zabi and auxiliary bishop in Santiago de Chile. On October 18, 1973 the Archbishop of Santiago, Raúl Cardinal Silva Henríquez , donated him episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were Emilio Tagle Covarrubias , Bishop of Valparaíso , and Fernando Ariztía Ruiz , Auxiliary Bishop in Santiago. His motto was Evangelizare pauperibus ("Bring the good news to the poor"). His age-related resignation was granted by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

Valech Aldunate was president of the Valech Commission ( Comisión Nacional de Prisión Política y Tortura ) named after him , a truth commission founded by President Ricardo Lagos in 2001, ten years after the transition to democracy in Chile , to investigate the political arrests and the Torture was convened during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973–1990). In 2005 the Commission presented its final report.

Web links

• Entry on Sergio Valech Aldunate on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved January 5, 2017.