Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino
Jorge (Liberato) Urosa (y Savino) (born August 28, 1942) is a Venezuelan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Caracas from 2005 to 2018. He was made a cardinal in 2006.
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| Province | Caracas |
| Diocese | Caracas |
| Appointed | 19 September 2005 |
| Installed | 5 November 2005 |
| Term ended | 9 July 2018 |
| Predecessor | Ignacio Velasco SDB |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria al Monti |
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| Ordination | 15 August 1967 by José Humberto Quintero Parra |
| Consecration | 22 September 1982 by José Alí Lebrún Moratinos |
| Created cardinal | 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino |
| Born | August 28, 1942 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | Colegio De La Salle Tienda Honda Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto Pontifical Gregorian University |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Caracas |
Biography
Early life and ordination
Jorge Urosa was born in Caracas to Luis Manuel Urosa Joud and Ligia Savino del Castillo de Urosa. He studied humanities at Colegio De La Salle Tienda Honda, and philosophy at the Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas. From 1962 to 1965, he studied theology at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Urosa then attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained his doctorate in dogmatic theology, until 1971. During his time at the Gregorian, he returned to Caracas to be ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal José Quintero Parra on August 15, 1967.
Professor
After concluding his Roman studies in at the Pius Latin American Pontifical College, Urosa served as a professor and the rector of the Seminary San José in Caracas. He later served as rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary in Caracas as well. Before becoming vicar general of the Archdiocese of Caracas, he was President of the Organization of Latin American Seminaries and founded a parochial vicariate in a chabolas neighborhood of Caracas.
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Bishop
On July 6, 1982, Urosa was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas and Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following September 22 from Archbishop José Lebrún Moratinos, with Archbishops Domingo Roa Pérez and Miguel Salas Salas, CIM serving as co-consecrators. Urosa was named Archbishop of Valencia on March 16, 1990, and Archbishop of Caracas on September 19, 2005.[1]
He was elected as the second Vice-President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference on January 10, 2006.
Cardinal
Pope Benedict XVI created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti in the consistory of March 24, 2006.[2] Urosa is the fifth member of the College of Cardinals from Venezuela.
Besides his native Spanish, he speaks English, Italian, French, and Latin.
As of October 2011, he was the Honorary President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference.
He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.[3]
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 9 July 2018.[4]
Views
Cardinal Urosa rejected the creation of the Reformed Catholic Church in Venezuela, whose representatives were introduced in July 2008, as in line with the Bolivian socialism of President Hugo Chávez. He called the group as "an irregular association".[5]
Urosa and his auxiliary bishops have warned against using the Mass for political purposes and declared that the Mass at which a blessing was given to the President-elect of Paraguay, former bishop Fernando Lugo, was not authorized by the archdiocese.[6]
References
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.09.2015" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. September 19, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2017. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Benedict XVI Names 15 New Cardinals". Zenit. February 22, 2006. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- "List of Cardinal Electors". Zenit. March 12, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- "Venezuela. Papa accetta rinuncia arcivescovo di Caracas, card. Urosa Savino". Vatican News (in Italian). July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- Romero, Simon (August 1, 2008). "Sympathetic to Chávez, a New Church Draws Fire". New York Times. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- "Cardinal Urosa warns Venezuelans not to use Mass for political aims". Catholic News Agency. June 26, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
External links
- "Urosa Savino Card. Jorge Liberato". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
- Catholic-Hierarchy
| Preceded by Luis Henríquez Jiménez |
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Valencia 1990–2005 |
Succeeded by Reinaldo del Prette Lissot |
| Preceded by Ignacio Velasco SDB |
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Caracas 2005–2018 |
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| Preceded by Jaime Sin |
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti 2006–present |
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