His Eminence Antonio Quarracino |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires | |
Archdiocese | Buenos Aires |
Appointed | 10 July 1990 |
Installed | 22 November 1990 |
Term ended | 28 February 1998 |
Predecessor | Juan Carlos Aramburu |
Successor | Jorge Bergoglio |
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Ordination | 22 December 1945 |
Consecration | 8 April 1962 by Anunciado Serafini |
Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 by Pope John Paul II |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Birth name | Antonio Quarracino |
Born |
Pollica, Province of Salerno, Kingdom of Italy |
8 August 1923
Died | 28 February 1998 Buenos Aires |
(aged 74)
Buried | Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral |
Nationality | Argentine |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Alma mater | San José Seminary, La Plata |
Motto | ipsi gloria |
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Styles of Antonio Quarracino |
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Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Buenos Aires |
Ordination history of Antonio Quarracino | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 22 December 1945 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Anunciado Serafini |
Co-consecrator | Adolfo Servando Tortolo |
Co-consecrator | Raúl Francisco Primatesta |
Date of consecration | 8 April 1962 |
Cardinalate
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Date of elevation | 28 June 1991 |
Bishops consecrated by Antonio Quarracino as principal consecrator
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Alejo Benedicto Gilligan | 4 October 1969 |
Rubén Héctor di Monte | 16 August 1980 |
Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina | 9 December 1990 |
Héctor Rubén Aguer | 4 April 1992 |
Rubén Oscar Frassia | 4 April 1992 |
Jorge Mario Bergoglio | 27 June 1992 |
Raúl Omar Rossi | 27 June 1992 |
Pedro Luis Ronchino | 19 March 1993 |
José Luis Mollaghan | 2 October 1993 |
Francisco Polti Santillán | 22 August 1994 |
Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo | 27 September 1994 |
Antonio Quarracino (8 August 1923 – 28 February 1998) was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina and the Archbishop of Buenos Aires between 1990 and 1998.
Quarracino was born in Pollica, Province of Salerno, Italy. His family emigrated to Argentina when he was 4 years old, settling in the town of San Andrés de Giles in the province of Buenos Aires.
Quarracino was ordained priest on 22 December 1945, and became a professor at the Diocesan Seminar of Mercedes. He also taught theology at the Universidad Católica Argentina.
He was appointed Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, by Pope John XXIII, on 3 February 1962, and received the episcopal see on 8 April of the same year. On 3 August 1968 Paul VI moved him to the diocese of Avellaneda (whose new cathedral was built during his rule).
John Paul II promoted him to the Archdiocese of La Plata on 18 December 1985, and then on 10 July 1990 to the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, a see to which is attached the title of Primate of Argentina. He was elected to preside the Argentine Episcopal Conference in the following November, and then reelected, until 1996. He was elevated to Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Salute a Primavalle in consistory on 28 June 1991.