Julio Terrazas Sandoval (March 7, 1936 – December 9, 2015) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the

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Biography

Born in

Vallegrande Vallegrande (''Spanish: "Big Valley"'') is a small colonial town in Bolivia, located in the Department of Santa Cruz, some 125 km (bee-line) southwest of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. It is the capital of the Vallegrande Province and Vallegrande ...

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, Terrazas Sandoval was ordained a priest in 1962. He earned a degree in social ministry in

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. In Bolivia, he was superior of the Vallegrande Redemptorist community before being appointed Auxiliary of

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in 1978. He was later transferred to

Oruro Oruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uru Uru is a city in Bolivia with a population of 264,683 (2012 calculation), about halfway between La Paz and Sucre in the Altiplano, approximately above sea level. It is Bolivia's fifth-largest city by populat ...

in 1982. He chaired the Episcopal Commission on the Laity, Youth and Vocations, was a member of CELAM's Commission on the Laity, and was elected President of the

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on several occasions. Appointed Archbishop of Santa Cruz in 1991, Terrazas Sandoval was made a

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on 21 February 2001. He was one of the

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who participated in the

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that selected

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, and also one of the

who participated in the

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that selected

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. On May 25, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation he submitted when he turned 75. He was immediately succeeded as Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by his Coadjutor Archbishop,

Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina (born 8 November 1945) is an Italian-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, since 2013. He has ...

. Terrazas died at age of 79 after several complications in his health.Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval dies at 79
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References

External links

Biography at catholic-pages.com
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