Julio Terrazas Sandoval

His Eminence
Julio Terrazas Sandoval
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Archdiocese Santa Cruz de la Sierra
See Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Appointed 6 February 1991
Installed 14 April 1991
Term ended 25 May 2013
Predecessor Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo
Successor Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (previously, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi
Orders
Ordination 29 July 1962
by Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider
Consecration 8 June 1978
by José Clemente Maurer
Created Cardinal 21 February 2001
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1936-03-07)March 7, 1936
Vallegrande, Bolivia
Died December 9, 2015(2015-12-09) (aged 79)
Santa Cruz,Bolivia
Nationality Bolivian
Denomination Roman Catholic
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Julio Terrazas Sandoval (March 7, 1936 – December 9, 2015) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Born in Vallegrande, Bolivia, Terrazas Sandoval was ordained a priest in 1962. He earned a degree in social ministry in France. In Bolivia, he was superior of the Vallegrande Redemptorist community before being appointed Auxiliary of La Paz in 1978. He was later transferred to Oruro in 1982. He chaired the Episcopal Commission on the Laity, Youth and Vocations, has been a member of CELAM's Commission on the Laity, and has been elected President of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference on several occasions.

Appointed Archbishop of Santa Cruz in 1991, Terrazas Sandoval was made a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 February 2001. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, and also one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis.

In May 25, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation he submitted when he turned 75. He was immediately succeeded as Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by his Coadjutor Archbishop, Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina.[1]

Terrazas died at age of 79 after several complications in his health.[2]

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