Luis Héctor Villalba

Luis Héctor Villalba (Spanish pronunciation: [lwis ˈektoɾ βiˈʝalβa]; born 11 October 1934) is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, where he was previously Archbishop from 1999 to 2011.

His Eminence

Luis Hector Villalba
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucuman
ProvinceTucuman
SeeTucuman
Appointed8 July 1999
Term ended10 June 2011
PredecessorRaul Arsenio Casado
SuccessorAlfredo Horacio Zecca
Other posts
Orders
Ordination24 September 1960
Consecration22 December 1984
by Juan Carlos Aramburu
Created cardinal14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
Personal details
Birth nameLuis Hector Villalba
Born (1934-10-11) 11 October 1934
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
DenominationRoman Catholic
Previous post
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1984–1991)
  • Bishop of San Martin (1991–1999)
  • Archbishop of Tucuman (1999–2011)
Motto"Apostol de Jesucristo"
(Apostle of Jesus Christ)
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Luis Héctor Villalba
History
Priestly ordination
Date24 September 1960
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJuan Carlos Aramburu
Co-consecratorsArnaldo Clemente Canale
Carmelo Juan Giaquinta
Date22 December 1984
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Luis Héctor Villalba as principal consecrator
Luis Urbanc10 March 2007
Styles of
Luis Hector Villalba
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Education

Completed his primary and secondary education in Buenos Aires. He entered the Metropolitan Seminary of Buenos Aires (Villa Devoto) in 1952 after earning the title of mercantile peritus in state schools. In 1961, he obtained licentiates in theology and ecclesiastical history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.[1]

Episcopate

He was ordained a priest in 24 September 1960.

In 1961 he obtained a licentiate in theology and Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

In 1967 he was appointed as prefect of the major seminary and professor in the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires. In 1968 he became the first director of the San José vocational institute, where candidates to the priesthood of the archdiocese prepared for courses in philosophy and theology. From 1969 to 1971 he served as dean of the faculty of theology, and in 1972 he was appointed as parish priest of Santa Rosa da Lima in Buenos Aires.

On 20 October 1984 he was assigned the titular see of Ofena and appointed as auxiliary of Buenos Aires.

On 16 July 1991 he was transferred to the diocese of San Martin.

He served as metropolitan archbishop of Tucumán from 8 July 1999 to 10 June 2011. He was the first deputy president of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina for two consecutive mandates (2005–2008 and 2008–2011), under the presidency of the then-archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Previously he had been president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and a member of the Commission for the Lay Apostolate.[2]

Cardinal

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February.[3] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of San Girolamo a Corviale.[4]

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See also
  • Cardinals created by Pope Francis

References
  1. http://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2015.htm#Villalba
  2. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_villalba_lh.html
  3. "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Manuel Menedez		 Bishop of San Martin
1991–1999		 Succeeded by
Raul Omar Rossi
Preceded by
Raúl Arsenio Casado		 Archbishop of Tucumán
1999–2011		 Succeeded by
Alfredo Zecca
Preceded by
titular church established		 Cardinal Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale
2015–present		 Incumbent


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