Ricardo Vidal
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| His Eminence Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal |
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| Cardinal Archbishop of Cebu | |
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| See | Archdiocese of Cebu |
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| Enthroned | August 24, 1982 |
| Ended | Incumbent |
| Predecessor | Julio Cardinal Rosales |
| Created Cardinal | May 25, 1985 |
| Other | Archbishop of Lipa |
| Born | February 6, 1931 Mogpog, Marinduque |
Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal (born 6 February 1931) is a Filipino Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cebu in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Roman Catholic titular head of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense.
Born in Mogpog, Vidal studied at the Minor Seminary of the Most Holy Rosary and the San Carlos Seminary in Makati City, Metro Manila. Ordained as a priest on 17 March 1956, Vidal became the spiritual director of the local Seminary of Mount Carmel.
Vidal was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos in 1971, and was consecrated bishop by Bishop Alfredo Maria Aranda Obviar. Less than two years later, he was appointed Archbishop of Lipa by Pope Paul VI. Pope John Paul II appointed Vidal Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu in 1981, becoming Archbishop on 24 August 1982.
Vidal helped found the Catechist Missionaries of St. Theresa, a Catholic religious order.
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Cebu |
Vidal was proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 25 May 1985. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, the only Filipino Cardinal to have joined the 2005 conclave due to Cardinal Jaime Sin's poor health.
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On March 14, 2008, Cardinal Vidal asked, "Why do we need to make him (Jun Lozada) a hero?"
[edit] External links
- Vatican Cardinal Bio
- Biography at catholic-pages.com
- Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal at catholic-hierarchy.org
- Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal at cardinalrating.com
- Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal at cbcponline.net
| Preceded by Alejandro Olalia † |
Archbishop of Lipa 1973– 1981 |
Succeeded by Mariano Garces † |
| Preceded by Julio Cardinal Rosales |
Archbishop of Cebu 1982–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Franjo Cardinal Šeper |
Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense 1982–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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| See of Manila: Rufino Cardinal Santos† | Jaime Cardinal Sin† | Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales See of Cebu: Julio Cardinal Rosales† | Ricardo Cardinal Vidal Roman Curia: José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez Titular Churches: S. Maria ai Monti (Santos) | Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Vitinia (J. Rosales) | S. Maria ai Monti (Sin) | Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (Vidal) | S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna (Sanchez) | Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina (G. Rosales) |
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| Current Filipino Archbishops |
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| Cardinal-Archbishop: Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales (Manila) | Ricardo Cardinal Vidal (Cebu) Archbishops: Leonard Legaspi (Nueva Caceres) | Antonio Ledesma (Cagayan de Oro) | Onesimo Gordoncillo (Capiz) | Orlando Quevedo (Cotabato) | Fernando Capalla (Davao) | Angel Lagdameo (Jaro) | Oscar V. Cruz (Lingayen-Dagupan) | Ramon Arguelles (Lipa) | Ernesto Salgado (Nueva Segovia) | Jesus Dosado (Ozamis) | Jose S. Palma (Palo) | Paciano Aniceto (San Fernando) | Diosdado Talamayan (Tuguegarao) | Romulo Valles (Zamboanga) Papal Nuncio: Adolfo Yllana (Pakistan Nunciature) | Francisco Padilla (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Nunciature) | Osvaldo Padilla (Korea and Mongolia Nunciature) | Bernardito Auza (Haiti Nunciature) |
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