| Jorge Urosa Savino | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Caracas | |
Jorge Urosa Savino |
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| Province | Caracas |
| Diocese | Caracas |
| Enthroned | 19 September 2005 (6 years, 159 days) |
| Predecessor | Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, SDB |
| Successor | incumbent |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria al Monti |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 August 1967 |
| Consecration | 22 September 1982 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino |
| Born | August 28, 1942 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | Colegio De La Salle Tienda Honda Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Styles of Jorge Urosa Savino |
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|---|---|
| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Caracas |
Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino (born 28 August 1942) is a Venezuelan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Caracas, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006.
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Jorge Urosa was born in Caracas to Luis Manuel Urosa Joud and Ligia Savino del Castillo de Urosa. He studied humanities at Colegio De La Salle Tienda Honda, and philosophy at the Interdiocesan Seminary of Caracas. From 1962 to 1965, he studied theology at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto.
Urosa then attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, from where he obtained his doctorate in dogmatic theology, until 1971. During his time at the Gregorian, he returned to Caracas to be ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal José Quintero Parra on 15 August 1967.
After concluding his Roman studies in at the Pius Latin American Pontifical College, Urosa then served as a professor and the rector of the Seminary San José in Caracas. He later served as rector of the Interdiocesan Seminary in Caracas as well. Before becoming vicar general of the Archdiocese of Caracas, he was President of the Organization of Latin American Seminaries and founded a parochial vicariate in a chabolas neighborhood of Caracas.
On 6 July 1982, Urosa was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas and Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 22 September from Archbishop José Lebrún Moratinos, with Archbishops Domingo Roa Pérez and Miguel Salas Salas, CIM, serving as co-consecrators. Urosa was later named Archbishop of Valencia on 16 March 1990, and Archbishop of Caracas on 19 September 2005.
He was also elected as the second Vice-President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference on January 10, 2006.
Pope Benedict XVI created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti in the consistory of 24 March 2006. Urosa is only the fifth member of the College of Cardinals to hail from Venezuela, and remains eligible to participate in any future papal conclave until his eightieth birthday on August 28, 2022.
Besides his native Spanish, the Cardinal also speaks English, Italian, French, and Latin.
As of October 2011, presumably because he is the Cardinal Archbishop of Caracas, he is also the President "Ad Honorem" (Honorary President) of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference.
Cardinal Urosa rejected the creation of the Reformed Catholic Church in Venezuela, whose representatives were introduced in July 2008, as in line with the Bolivarian socialism of President Hugo Chávez. He branded the group as "an irregular association".[1]
Cardinal Urosa Savino of Caracas, and his auxiliary bishops, have warned against using the Mass for political purposes and declared that the Mass at which a blessing was given to the President-elect of Paraguay, former bishop Fernando Lugo, was not authorized by the archdiocese.[2]
| Episcopal lineage | |
| Consecrated by: | José Lebrún Moratinos |
| Consecrator of | |
|---|---|
| Bishop | Date of consecration |
| Reinaldo del Prette Lissot | February 5, 1994 |
| José Valero Ruz | June 27, 1998 |
| Luis Tineo Rivera | April 28, 2007 |
| Jesús de Zarate Salas | January 12, 2008 |
| Preceded by Luis Henríquez Jiménez |
Archbishop of Valencia 1990—2005 |
Succeeded by Reinaldo del Prette Lissot |
| Preceded by Antonio Ignacio Velasco Garcia, SDB |
Archbishop of Caracas 2005—present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Jaime Sin |
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria ai Monti 2006–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |