Jorge Medina Estévez
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His Eminence Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez |
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| Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
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| See | San Saba (titular) |
| Predecessor | Jean Jérôme Hamer |
| Other posts | Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1998 - 2002) Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile (1993 - 1996) Bishop of Rancagua, Chile (1987 - 1993) Titular Bishop of Thibilis (1984 - 1987) Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua, Chile (1984 - 1987) |
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| Ordination | 12 June 1954 by Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña |
| Consecration | 6 January 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created Cardinal | February 21, 1998 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez |
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December 23, 1926 Santiago, Chile |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Valparaíso (emeritus) |
Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez (born December 23, 1926) is a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Cardinal Protodeacon until February 23, 2007, and is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Medina was born in Santiago in 1926, and studied at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (where he received a baccalaureate in the arts and biology) and the Major Seminary of Santiago. He was ordained a priest on June 12, 1954, by Bishop Pio Fariña Fariña, the vicar general and an auxiliary bishop of Santiago.
Earning a doctorate in theology in 1955, Medina taught philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Santiago and of the Pontifical Catholic University, respectively. He also served as a dean of the university, and as a peritus at the Second Vatican Council; for the latter he later received an honoris causa doctorate from the University of Notre Dame in 1996.
Pro-Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University from 1974 to 1985, he was named titular bishop of Thibilis and auxiliary bishop of Rancagua on December 18, 1984. Medina was consecrated to the episcopate on January 6, 1985 by Pope John Paul II himself, with Cardinals Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy acting as co-consecrators. He was made Bishop of Rancagua on November 25, 1987 and then Bishop of Valparaíso on April 16, 1993. He was appointed Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on June 21, 1996, resigning from his post in Valparaíso on the same day.
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