Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte | |
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| Archbishop of Trujillo | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Trujillo |
| See | Trujillo |
| Appointed | 29 July 1999 |
| Installed | 11 September 1999 |
| Predecessor | Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas |
| Other post(s) | President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (2018-) President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (2019-) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 7 December 1974 |
| Consecration | 7 August 1988 by Juan Landázuri Ricketts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte 5 July 1948 |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (1988-96) Titular Bishop of Belesasa (1988-98) Military Ordinary of Peru (1996-99) President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (2006-12) |
| Motto | Gratia et Misericordia |
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (born 5 July 1948) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Trujillo since 1999. He has been a bishop since 1988 and currently heads the Latin American Bishops Council (CELAM).
Biography
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte was born in Chota on 5 July 1948. He took his vows as a Franciscan on 29 June 1974 and on 7 December 1991 he was ordained a priest of that order. On 20 June 1988, Pope John Paul II named him auxiliary bishop of Lima. He received his episcopal consecration on 7 August from Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, Archbishop of Lima. On 6 February 1996, Pope John Paul named him head of the Military Ordinariate of Peru where he took office on 7 March 1998. On 29 July 1999 he was named Archbishop of Trujillo.[1]
Pope John Paul named him a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on 5 July 2004.[2][a]
He was president of the Peruvian Bishops Conference from 2009 to 2012, and he began another term in that in 2018. He was elected to a four-year term as president of the Latin American Bishops Council (CELAM) in May 2019.[4]
He was a participant in the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region in 2019. He was one of four Synod prelates elected on 7 October to the thirteen-person committee to prepare the Synod's concluding document.[5][b]
Notes
- ^ Pope Francis confirmed him as a member of that Commission on 15 January 2014.[3]
- ^ Five other members are synod officials who serve ex offico and four are named by Pope Francis.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Mons. Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte ofm arzobispo metropolitano de Trujillo (Perú)". General Curia of the Friars Minor, Rome (in Spanish). 30 July 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 05.07.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 July 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.01.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Peruvian archbishop elected new president of CELAM". Crux. Catholic News Service. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Hansen, Luke (8 October 2019). "Here's what happened on the first day of the Amazon Synod". America. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Sínodo de la Amazonía: Eligen a miembros de comisión que elaborará documento final" (in Spanish). ACI Prensa. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Elizalde Prada, Óscar (15 October 2019). "El Papa define la Comisión de Redacción del Sínodo Panamazónico con cuatro hombres de confianza". Vida Nueva Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2019.