Church Roman Catholic Coat of arms Nationality Italian Consecration September 8, 1996 | Rank Cardinal-Priest Ordination March 18, 1970 Installed 15 December 2010 Name Ricardo Andrello | |
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Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore a Valmelaina Born January 7, 1942 (age 82)
Campiglia dei Berici Italy ( 1942-01-07 ) Predecessor Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile Previous post Roman Catholic Diocese of Valdivia | ||
Created cardinal February 22, 2014 | ||
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Ricardo Ezzati Andrello SDB (born 7 January 1942) is an Italian-Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been Archbishop of Santiago, Chile, since December 2010. He previously served as Archbishop of Concepción.
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- Intervista cardinal ricardo ezzati andrello 1 10 2014
- Catholic mass at santiago chile with archbishop ricardo ezzati andrello
- Early life and education
- Priesthood
- Episcopate
- References
Catholic mass at santiago chile with archbishop ricardo ezzati andrello
Early life and education
Ezzati Andrello was born in Campiglia Berici, Vicenza, Italy. He arrived in Chile in 1959. He entered the Novitiate of the Salesians in Quilpué, Valparaíso, and studied philosophy at the Catholic University of Valparaíso. He studied theology at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, where he obtained his licentiate. He made his final vows as a Salesian on 30 December 1966, and was ordained as a priest of the Salesian order on 18 March 1970. After his ordination he received a Licentiate in Religious Studies at the Institut de Pastoral Catéchetique in Strasbourg. He then held the title of Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the Catholic University of Valparaíso.
Priesthood
As a Salesian priest he held the following positions: Director for Youth Ministry in the Salesian School in Valdivia; Director of Community for the Salesians in Concepcion, Chile; Member of the Provincial Council of the Chilean Salesians; Director of the Salesian Seminary of Santiago de Chile; and Inspector Provincial of the Salesians in Chile. He was a member of the Faculty of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Vice President of the Conference of Religious of Chile, participating in the General Chapters of the Salesian Congregation in 1984 and 1990.
Episcopate
In 1991, he was appointed to the Roman Curia as an official of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
On 28 June 1996, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the Valdivia, Chile. He was consecrated on 8 September 1996.
On 10 July 2001, Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of the much larger Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, assigning him the titular see of La Imperial. On 27 December 2006, he was named Archbishop of the Concepción.
In June 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named him and four other prelates to serve Apostolic Visitors to the Legionaries of Christ following the discovery that the order's founder, Marciel Maciel Degollado, an associate of John Paul II, had engaged in pedophilia. Andrello was given responsibility for investigating the order in South America: Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela, where the Legion has 20 houses, 122 priests and 122 religious seminarians.
As the archbishop of Concepción, Ezzati Andrello mediated a dispute between the government and a group of 34 Mapuche prisoners who had been on a hunger strike for 82 days.
On 15 December 2010, Pope Benedict appointed Ezzati Andrello as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile. He replaced Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa, who had submitted his resignation as required upon reaching the age 75. Ezzati Andrello was installed in Santiago de Chile on 15 January 2011.
Pope Francis named Ezzati Andrello a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education in November 2013.
He was elevated to the rank of cardinal at a consistory on 22 February 2014.
In May 2014, Pope Francis named him a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.