Juan Landázuri Ricketts
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His Eminence Juan Landázuri Ricketts O.F.M. |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Lima | |
| Archdiocese | Lima |
| See | Lima |
| Appointed | 2 May 1955 |
| Term ended | 30 December 1989 |
| Predecessor | Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba |
| Successor | Augusto Vargas Alzamora |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli |
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| Ordination | 16 April 1939 by Francisco Miguel Irazola y Galarza |
| Consecration | 24 August 1952 by Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba |
| Created Cardinal | 19 March 1962 by Pope John XXIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born |
19 December 1913 Arequipa, Peru |
| Died | 16 January 1997 (aged 83) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | ambulante in dilectione |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Lima |
Juan Landázuri Ricketts (December 19, 1913, Arequipa, Peru – January 16, 1997, Lima, Peru) was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church took a strong stance against human rights abuses by numerous military juntas; it also expressed a preference for the poor and concerns about extreme poverty and wealth inequality. Before he turned 80 on December 19, 1993, Juan Landázuri Ricketts was the last Cardinal elevated by Pope John XXIII to retain voting rights in a papal conclave.
Born as Guillermo Eduardo Landázuri Ricketts in 1913 in Arequipa, Peru, he was educated in Catholic schools. He joined the Order of Friars Minor in 1937 (taking the name Juan) and became a priest two years later. His ability as a priest was immediately noticed, and he was appointed as secretary to the general delegation of his order as early as 1943. After finishing his theological studies in 1949, Landázuri Ricketts served briefly a faculty member of the Franciscan Theological Seminary in Puerto Ocopa. His status within the wider Church was rising rapidly, and he was selected as the general definitor of the Order of Friars Minor by 1951.
The following year, Landázuri Ricketts was appointed titular bishop of Roina and was chosen in 1955 to replace the deceased Juan Gualberto Guevara as Archbishop of Lima. His appointment coincided with a radically modernising military dictatorship under Manuel Odria. Efforts at such reform were repeated until 1980. As Archbishop, he collaborated with these efforts for sweeping agricultural and institutional reforms to take Peru into the modern world and develop its great economic potential. He believed that these would improve social conditions in the country. By 1962 he had been selected as Primate of Peru and was made a Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Aracoeli by Pope John XXIII in June 1962.
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