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Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino

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Jorge Urosa Savino
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas
ArchdioceseCaracas
DioceseCaracas
Appointed19 September 2005
Installed5 November 2005
Term ended9 July 2018
PredecessorIgnacio Velasco S.D.B.
SuccessorBaltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria al Monti (2006-21)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination15 August 1967
by José Humberto Quintero Parra
Consecration22 September 1982
by José Lebrún Moratinos
Created cardinal24 March 2006
by Pope Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino

(1942-08-28)28 August 1942
Caracas, Venezuela
Died23 September 2021(2021-09-23) (aged 79)
Caracas, Venezuela
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materColegio De La Salle Tienda Honda
Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas
St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoPro Mundi Vita
Coat of armsJorge Urosa Savino's coat of arms
Styles of
Jorge Urosa Savino
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeCaracas

Jorge Liberato Urosa y Savino (28 August 1942 – 23 September 2021) was a Venezuelan prelate of the Catholic Church.

He was auxiliary bishop of Caracas from 1982 to 1990, Archbishop of Valencia from 1990 to 2005, and Archbishop of Caracas from 2005 to 2018. He was made a cardinal in 2006.[1]

Biography

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Early life and ordination

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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 15 August 1967.

Professor

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After concluding his Roman studies 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.

Ordination history of
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byJosé Lebrún Moratinos (Caracas)
Date22 September 1982
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino as principal consecrator
Reinaldo del Prette Lissot5 February 1994
José Valero Ruz27 June 1998
Luis Tineo Rivera28 April 2007
Jesús de Zarate Salas12 January 2008

Bishop

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On 6 July 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 22 September 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 16 March 1990, and Archbishop of Caracas on 19 September 2005.[2]

He was elected as the second Vice-President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference on 10 January 2006.

Cardinal

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Pope Benedict XVI created him Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti in the consistory of 24 March 2006.[3] Urosa was the fifth member of the College of Cardinals from Venezuela.

Besides his native Spanish, he spoke 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.[4]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop on 9 July 2018.[5]

Urosa rejected the creation of the Reformed Catholic Church in Venezuela, whose representatives were introduced in July 2008, as in line with the socialism of President Hugo Chávez. He called the group "an irregular association".[6]

Urosa and his auxiliary bishops 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.[7]

Illness and death

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On 27 August 2021, Urosa was admitted to a clinic in Caracas and diagnosed with COVID-19. He received the sacrament of the sick before being transferred to the intensive care unit and placed on a ventilator. On 3 September 2021, the Caracas archdiocese denied rumours circulating in the media that the cardinal had died but said the cardinal's health was in a delicate but stable condition and he was receiving all the necessary medical interventions in the intensive care ward.[8] On 12 September, the archdiocese said the cardinal's health had deteriorated and he was in very delicate health.[9] Cardinal Urosa died from the virus on 23 September 2021, after being hospitalized for a month.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "UROSA SAVINO Card. Jorge Liberato".
  2. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 19.09.2005" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 September 2005. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Benedict XVI Names 15 New Cardinals". Zenit. 22 February 2006. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ^ "List of Cardinal Electors". Zenit. 12 March 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Venezuela. Papa accetta rinuncia arcivescovo di Caracas, card. Urosa Savino". Vatican News (in Italian). 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. ^ Romero, Simon (1 August 2008). "Sympathetic to Chávez, a New Church Draws Fire". New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Cardinal Urosa warns Venezuelans not to use Mass for political aims". Catholic News Agency. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Cardenal Urosa Savino está estable pero en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos". Nueva Prensa Digital (in Spanish). 30 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino is in very delicate health". 12 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Cardinal Urosa dies of COVID-19". 24 September 2021.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Alfredo Torres Romero
— TITULAR —
Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena
3 July 1982 – 16 March 1990
Succeeded by
Segundo René Coba Galarza
Preceded by
Luis Henríquez Jiménez
Archbishop of Valencia
16 March 1990 – 19 September 2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Caracas
19 September 2005 – 9 July 2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti
24 March 2006 – 23 September 2021
Succeeded by