Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu

Juan Carlos Cardinal Aramburu †

Function: Archbishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Title: Cardinal Priest of St John the Baptist dei Fiorentini

Birthdate: Feb 11, 1912	Country: Argentina

Elevated: May 24, 1976	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu
Nov 19, 2004
From the College of Cardinals Collection of the Daily Catholic FRI-SAT-SUN January 15-17, 1999 vol. 10, no. 10.

Daily Catholic, January 15-17, 1999) At 87 years-old, Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu is in the twilight of his life, well over the eighty-year-old eligibility rule for the Conclave. The retired Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he was born in Reduccion, Argentina on February 11, 1912. After seminary training at Cordoba, he was ordained at the Vatican on October 28, 1934 by Pope Pius XI and then continued his studies in Rome, receiving his degree in Canon Law and Moral Theology. Upon graduation cum laude he was assigned back to Argentina where he was selected Vice-Rector of the seminary where he taught. While in this position he also was appointed a faculty member of Argentina's national university, teaching literature and philosophy. On the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary in 1946 Pope Pius XII elevated him to the ranks of bishop, assigning him as titular Bishop of Palteaand on December 15th of that same year auxiliary bishop of Tucuman, Argentina. On June 14, 1967 Pope Paul VI named him titular Archbishop of Torri de Bizacena as well as coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Eight years later Pope John Paul II made him Archbishop of Buenos Aires on April 22, 1975 a position he held until his 80th birthday dictated that he retire on July 10, 1990. He remains, to this day the Archbishop emeritus of Buenos Aires.

He became a cardinal during Paul VI's Consistory of May 24, 1976 when the Pope, in his fifth Consistory, bestowed the red-hat on Cardinal Aramburu. He was greatly involved with the charitable works to the Church in the aftermath of the legendary Eva Peron and had his ups and downs in working with the government of Argentina during the late stages of the Juan Peron regime and the various administrations that came and went during his time as shepherd of the vast flock of Argentina's largest city.

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