Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez
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His Most Reverend Eminence Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez |
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| Cardinal Archbishop emeritus of Santo Domingo Primate emeritus of America |
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| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Santo Domingo |
| Province | Santo Domingo |
| Appointed | 15 November 1981 |
| Term ended | 10 September 2016 |
| Predecessor | Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas |
| Successor | Francisco Ozoria Acosta |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of S. Pio X alla Balduina |
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| Ordination | 18 March 1961 by Francisco Panal Ramírez |
| Consecration | 25 February 1978 by Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1991 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez |
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31 October 1936 Barranca, La Vega, Dominican Republic |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís (1978–1981) |
| Motto | fortes in fide |
| Coat of arms |  |
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Styles of Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (born 31 October 1936) is the archbishop emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
He was ordained on 18 March 1961 by Francisco Panal Ramírez OFM, bishop of La Vega. He served as Vicar cooperator of the cathedral of La Vega, 1961–1963. Further studies in Rome, 1963–1965. Chancellor and secretary of the diocesan curia of La Vega, 1966–1968. Further studies, Rome, 1968–1969. In the diocese of La Vega, 1969–1978, diocesan assessor for the pastoral of the youth and pastor of the cathedral, 1969–1970. Vicar for the pastoral and pro-vicar general, 1970–1976. Vicar general, 1976–1978.
At the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum he earned a licentiate in social science in 1965.
Besides his native Spanish, he speaks Italian, English, German, Portuguese and Latin.
He was appointed bishop of San Francisco de Macorís on 16 January 1978 by Pope Paul VI and was consecrated on 25 February 1978 by Cardinal Octavio Antonio Beras Rojas, archbishop of Santo Domingo, assisted by Juan Antonio Flores Santana, bishop of La Vega, and by Jesús María De Jesús Moya, auxiliary of Santiago de los Caballeros. He served as rector of the University of San Francisco de Macorís from 1979 to 1984. He was promoted to the metropolitan and primatial see of Santo Domingo on 15 November 1981. He was elected president of the Conference of the Dominican Episcopate in July 1984 and served as President of the Latin American Episcopal Council from 25 April 1991 to 1994. He was created Cardinal and assigned the titular church of San Pio X alla Balduina in the consistory of 28 June 1991.
He participated as cardinal elector in the papal conclaves of 2005 and 2013.
He held the title of "Primate of America", because the diocese of Santo Domingo was the first erected in the New World.
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