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Chilean Cardinal of the Catholic Church

His EminenceCarlos Oviedo CavadaO. de M.
Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Santiago
See Santiago
Appointed 30 March 1990
Installed 22 April 1990
Term ended 16 February 1998
Predecessor Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín
Successor Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
Other post(s) Cardinal-Priest pro hac vice of Santa Maria della Scala (1994–98)
Previous post(s) Titular Bishop of Beneventum (1964–74)Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción (1964–74)Apostolic Administrator of Calama (1974–76)Archbishop of Antofagasta (1974–90)President of the Chilean Bishops' Conference (1995–98)Apostolic Administrator of Santiago (1998)
Orders
Ordination 24 September 1949by José María Caro Rodríguez
Consecration 7 June 1964by Alfredo Silva Santiago
Created cardinal 26 November 1994by Pope John Paul II
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born Carlos Oviedo Cavada(1927-01-19)19 January 1927Santiago, Chile
Died 7 November 1998(1998-11-07) (aged 71)Santiago, Chile
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of ChilePontifical Gregorian University
Motto Pacem diebus nostris
Coat of arms Carlos Oviedo Cavada's coat of arms
Styles ofCarlos Oviedo Cavada
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal
See Santiago de Chile (emeritus)

Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. (19 January 1927 – 7 December 1998)[_citation needed_] was a Chilean Cardinal of the Catholic Church.[1] He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1990 to 1998, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1994.

Cavada was born in Santiago, and entered the Order of Mercy on 28 January 1944, taking simple vows on 18 March 1945 and solemn vows on 19 March 1948. He entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He was ordained on 24 September 1949 in Santiago and later went on to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1949 to 1953 where he earned a doctorate in canon law.

He was a faculty member and spiritual director at St. Peter Nolasco School and after that a faculty member at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile from 1953 until 1958. From 1958 until 1961 he worked in the general curia of his order and pursued further studies in the Vatican Secret Archives.

Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Benevento and Auxiliary Bishop of Concepción on 21 March 1964. He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1964 until the close of the council in 1965. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Antofagasta in 1974. He was transferred to the metropolitan see of Santiago de Chile on 30 March 1990.

He was created Cardinal Priest of S. Maria della Scala in the consistory of 26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II. He resigned as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile on 16 February 1998, but continued governing the archdiocese as Apostolic Administrator until a successor took possession in April of that year. He died in December.

  1. ^ "La acusación por violación a un menor que pesa sobre el fallecido cardenal Carlos Oviedo Cavada". 25 January 2020.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byJuan Francisco, Fresno Archbishop of Santiago de Chile 30 March 1990 – 16 February 1998 Succeeded byFrancisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa