Cardinal Rodolfo
Quezada Toruño, Archbishop of Guatemala, was born on 8 March 1932
in Guatemala City, Guatemala. He was ordained a priest on 21 September
1956 and holds a doctorate in canon law.
He has served as parochial vicar of El Sagrario, rector of Beatas di
Belén, university chaplain as well as vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese
of Guatemala. He was the first rector of the National Major Seminary of
the Assumption in Guatemala.
He was appointed as titular Bishop of Gadiaufala
and Auxiliary of Zacapa on 5 April 1972 and consecrated on 13 May.
In 1975, he was appointed as
Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Zacapa and on 16 February 1980 he
became Bishop..
On 24 June 1986 he was appointed as prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquípulas.
As a
member of the Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala, he served as President
of various commissions, such as of the Lay Apostolate, Education and the
Clergy, and was also Secretary General. From 1987 until 1993, he was President of the National
Commission of Reconciliation. He was also President of the
Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala from 1988 to 1992 and then from 2002
to January 2006.
Cardinal Quezada Toruño has been Archbishop of Guatemala since 19 June 2001.
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of
21 October 2003, of the Title of S. Saturnino (St. Saturnus).
Member of:
- Pontifical Council for Culture;
- Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
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