Darío Castrillón Hoyos
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His Eminence Darío Castrillón Hoyos |
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| Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy | |
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| Appointed | 15 June 1996 |
| Term ended | 31 October 2006 |
| Predecessor | Jose Tomas Sanchez |
| Successor | Cláudio Hummes |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano |
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| Ordination | 26 October 1952 by Alfonso Carinci |
| Consecration | 18 July 1971 by Ángelo Palmas |
| Created Cardinal | 21 February 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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4 July 1929 Medellín, Colombia |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Christus in vobis spes gloriae |
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Styles of Darío Castrillón Hoyos |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Bucaramanga (Emeritus) |
Darío del Niño Jesús Castrillón Hoyos (born 4 July 1929) is a Colombian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 1996 to 2006, and is the president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei having served from 2000 until his retirement in 2009. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1998.
Born in Medellín, Colombia, Castrillón Hoyos attended the seminaries in Antioquia and Santa Rosa de Osos before going to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Alfonso Carinci on 26 October 1952, in the basilica of Ss. XII Apostoli. He finished his studies at the Gregorian, from where he obtained a doctorate in canon law and specialization in religious sociology, political economics, and ethical economics. Castrillón Hoyos also studied at the Sociology Faculty of the University of Louvain in Belgium.
Upon returning to Colombia, he served as a curate for two rural parishes in Yarumal from 1954 to 1971. He then served as director of Cursillos, of the national pastoral program, and of the Legion of Mary. After becoming an official in the diocesan curia of Santa Rosa de Osos, Castrillón was made director of radiophonic schools. In 1959 he became the diocesan delegate of Catholic Action, and also worked as ecclesiastical assistant to the Catholic Workers Youth. He did catechetical and curial work before serving as general secretary of the Colombian Episcopal Conference.
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