His Eminence Juan Gualberto Guevara |
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Cardinal, Archbishop of Lima | |
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See | Archdiocese of Lima |
Installed | 16 December 1945 — 27 November 1954 |
Predecessor | Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán |
Successor | Juan Landázuri Ricketts |
Other posts | Previously Archbishop of Trujillo |
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Created Cardinal | February 18, 1946 |
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Born |
Villa de Vitor near Arequipa, Peru |
July 12, 1882
Died | November 27, 1954 Lima, Peru |
(aged 72)
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Styles of Juan Gualberto Guevara |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Lima |
Juan Gualberto Guevara B.A. J.C.D. (12 July 1882 - 27 November 1954) was created on February 18, 1946 a Cardinal Priest by Pope Pius XII. He was Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Cardinal of Peru.
He was born in Villa de Vitor in the Archdiocese of Arequipa. Educated at the Seminary of San Jerónimo, Arequipa and University of San Agustin. Graduated in 1912 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Finally went to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where in 1922 he earned a doctorate in canon law.
He was ordained on 2 June 1906 in Arequipa. Worked as a parish priest from 1906 until 1910 in Arica, nowadays in Chile. He was expelled by the Chilean Government when it claimed the province of he was working in. He became Vice-rector of the Seminary of Arequipa, in 1910, where he stayed for ten years until 1920. He was named sacristan of the cathedral of Arequipa 1916 - 1920. He worked as staff member of El Deber, oldest newspaper in southern Peru, 1916–1940 and its director 1928 - 1940.
Guevara was appointed Bishop of Trujillo by Pope Pius XII on 15 December 1940. When the diocese of Trujillo was elevated to an archdiocese he became its first archbishop on May 23, 1943. Appointed as Military Vicars of Peru on January 13, 1945 and retained that office until his death. Transferred to the metropolitan see of Lima on 16 December 1945.