Carlos Camus

Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas (14 January 1927 – 16 March 2014) emeritus (retired) bishop of the Linares, Chile and human rights advocate. He was a proponent of excommunication for those guilty of torture.[1]


Carlos Camus
Bishop of Linares
DioceseLinares
Appointed11 December 1976
In office17 January 2003
PredecessorAugusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida
SuccessorTomislav Koljatic Maroevic
Other post(s)Bishop of Copiapó
Orders
Ordination21 September 1957
Personal details
Born(1927-01-14)14 January 1927
Died16 March 2014(2014-03-16) (aged 87)
Santiago, Chile
NationalityChileno
Alma materSeminario de Santiago
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (BA)
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Motto"La victoria que vence al mundo es nuestra Fe"

Born in Valparaíso, on 14 January 1927, he was ordained a priest on 21 September 1957. Camus was then appointed Bishop of Copiapó, Chile on 31 January 1968 and was ordained bishop on 3 March 1968. He was then appointed Bishop of Linares, Chile on 11 December 1976 and installed on 17 April 1977. He retired on 17 January 2003.[2] He died on 16 March 2014.[3]

References

  1. Cavanaugh, William T. (1998). Torture and Eucharist: theology, politics, and the body of Christ. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-631-21199-0.
  2. Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas
  3. "Murió Carlos Camus Larenas, obispo emérito de Linares y defensor de los derechos humanos" (in Spanish). 17 March 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
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