Luis Héctor Villalba

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Priestly ordination
Date	24 September 1960
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Juan Carlos Aramburu
Co-consecrators	; Carmelo Juan Giaquinta
Date	22 December 1984
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	14 February 2015

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Ordination history of; Luis Héctor Villalba
Date
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Priestly ordination
Date	24 September 1960
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Juan Carlos Aramburu
Co-consecrators	; Carmelo Juan Giaquinta
Date	22 December 1984
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	14 February 2015
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Bishops consecrated by Luis Héctor Villalba as principal consecrator
	10 March 2007
Carlos Alberto Sánchez	14 October 2017

His Eminence

Luis Hector Villalba
His Eminence; Luis Hector Villalba
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucuman
Province	Tucuman
See	Tucuman
Appointed	8 July 1999
Term ended	10 June 2011
Predecessor	Raul Arsenio Casado
Successor	Alfredo Horacio Zecca
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale;
Orders
Ordination	24 September 1960
Consecration	22 December 1984; by Juan Carlos Aramburu
Created cardinal	14 February 2015; by Pope Francis
Personal details
Birth name	Luis Hector Villalba
Born	11 October 1934 (age 86); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Previous post(s)	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

Styles of Luis Hector Villalba

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

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.

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 on 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]

References[]

^ http://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2015.htm#Villalba
^ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_villalba_lh.html
^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
^ "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

External links[]

"Villalba Card. Luis Héctor". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by	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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[1] ttp://webdept.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios2015.htm#Villalba

[2] ttp://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.

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