Augusto Vargas Alzamora

Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church.

His Eminence Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J.
Archbishop Emeritus of Lima
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	30 December 1989
Installed	26 January 1990
Term ended	9 January 1999
Predecessor	Juan Landázuri Ricketts
Successor	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (1994-2000)
Orders
Ordination	15 July 1955 by José María García Lahiguera
Consecration	15 August 1978 by Carlo Furno
Created cardinal	26 November 1994 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Augusto Vargas Alzamora
Born	9 November 1922 Lima, Peru
Died	4 September 2000 (aged 77) Monterrico, Lima, Peru
Previous post	Apostolic Vicar of Jaén en Perú (1978-85) Titular Bishop of Cissi (1978-89) President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (1993-99)
Alma mater	National University of San Marcos
Motto	Amaos los unos a los otros
Coat of arms

Styles of Augusto Vargas Alzamora
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Lima

He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Miguel, Argentina and Madrid. He continued his studies in Granada, Spain and the University of San Marcos, Lima, where he received his doctorate in education. Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Cissi and apostolic vicar of Jaén, Peru on 8 June 1978. In 1982 he was elected secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Peru, and was reelected twice more. He was to become its president from 1993 to 1999.[1] He resigned the pastoral government of the vicariate in 1985. In 1989 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Lima, where he stayed until he retired in 1999. Pope John Paul elevated him to the cardinalate in the consistory of 26 November 1994, making him Cardinal Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino. After he retired as Archbishop he continued until his death ministering at a homeless shelter he founded in Lima.

As Archbishop of Lima, he frequently clashed with Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, demanding that the president observe human rights and democratic forms, and, at a later stage, over the president's pushing of family planning programmes.[2] He campaigned openly against Fujimori's election.[3]

References

1. Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
2. Obituary: Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora
3. James Brooke, "Polls in Peru Show a Tight Race Shaping Up" (The New York Times, 3 June 1990)

External links

• Augusto Vargas Alzamora at Find a Grave