Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga
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His Eminence Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga | |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa | |
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Archdiocese | Tegucigalpa |
See | Tegucigalpa |
Appointed | 8 January 1993 |
Predecessor | Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández |
Other posts | Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria della Speranza Coordinator of the Council of Cardinals |
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Ordination | 28 June 1970 by Girolamo Prigione |
Consecration | 8 December 1978 by Gabriel Montalvo Higuera |
Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga |
Born | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 29 December 1942
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Motto | Mihi Vivere Christus Est (For to Me to Live is Christ) |
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Styles of Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga | |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Tegucigalpa |
Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Honduran Salesian and Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the current Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, is the former President of Caritas Internationalis and was President of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) from 1995 to 1999.
Rodríguez became a cardinal in 2001.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Caritas Internationalis President". Archived from the original on 2013-11-22. Retrieved 2022-04-28.