Carlos Oviedo Cavada

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


Carlos Oviedo Cavada

Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSantiago
SeeSantiago
Appointed30 March 1990
Installed22 April 1990
Term ended16 February 1998
PredecessorJuan Francisco Fresno Larraín
SuccessorFrancisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest pro hac vice of Santa Maria della Scala (1994–98)
Orders
Ordination24 September 1949
by José María Caro Rodríguez
Consecration7 June 1964
by Alfredo Silva Santiago
Created cardinal26 November 1994
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Carlos Oviedo Cavada

(1927-01-19)19 January 1927
Died7 November 1998(1998-11-07) (aged 71)
Santiago, Chile
Previous post(s)
Alma mater
MottoPacem diebus nostris
Coat of armsCarlos Oviedo Cavada's coat of arms
Styles of
Carlos Oviedo Cavada
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeSantiago de Chile (emeritus)

Biography

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.

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