Augusto Vargas Alzamora

Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church.


Augusto Vargas Alzamora

Archbishop Emeritus of Lima
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed30 December 1989
Installed26 January 1990
Term ended9 January 1999
PredecessorJuan Landázuri Ricketts
SuccessorJuan Luis Cipriani Thorne
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (1994-2000)
Orders
Ordination15 July 1955
by José María García Lahiguera
Consecration15 August 1978
by Carlo Furno
Created cardinal26 November 1994
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Augusto Vargas Alzamora

(1922-11-09)9 November 1922
Died4 September 2000(2000-09-04) (aged 77)
Monterrico, Lima, Peru
Previous post(s)
Alma materNational University of San Marcos
MottoAmaos los unos a los otros
Coat of armsAugusto Vargas Alzamora's coat of arms
Styles of
Augusto Vargas Alzamora
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeLima

He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Miguel, Argentina and Madrid. He continued his studies in Granada, Spain and the University of San Marcos, Lima, where he received his doctorate in education. Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Cissi and apostolic vicar of Jaén, Peru on 8 June 1978. In 1982 he was elected secretary general of the Episcopal conference of Peru, and was reelected twice more. He was to become its president from 1993 to 1999.[1] He resigned the pastoral government of the vicariate in 1985. In 1989 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Lima, where he stayed until he retired in 1999. Pope John Paul elevated him to the cardinalate in the consistory of 26 November 1994, making him Cardinal Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino. After he retired as Archbishop he continued until his death ministering at a homeless shelter he founded in Lima.

As Archbishop of Lima, he frequently clashed with Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, demanding that the president observe human rights and democratic forms, and, at a later stage, over the president's pushing of family planning programmes.[2] He campaigned openly against Fujimori's election.[3]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Lima
30 December 1989 – 9 January 1999
Succeeded by