Pedro Barreto

His Eminence
Pedro Barreto
S.J.
Cardinal, Archbishop of Huancayo
Barreto in mid-2018.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Huancayo
See Huancayo
Appointed 17 July 2004
Installed 5 September 2004
Predecessor José Paulino Ríos Reynoso
Other posts
Orders
Ordination 18 December 1971
Consecration 1 January 2002
by José María Izuzquiza Herranz
Created cardinal 28 June 2018
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno
Born (1944-02-12) 12 February 1944
Lima, Peru
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Motto En todo amar y servir
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Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ (born 12 February 1944) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Huancayo in the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and entered the Jesuit novitiate there. He studied philosophy at the Jesuit faculty in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and theology in Lima. He was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus on 18 December 1971 and took his final vows as a Jesuit on 3 October 1976.[1]

On 21 November 2001, Pope John Paul II named him titular bishop of Acufida and Apostolic Adminstrator of Jaén in Peru.[2] He was consecrated a bishop in 1 January 2002.

On 17 July 2004, John Paul appointed him Archbishop of Huancayo[3] and he was installed there on 5 September.

He has headed the Justice and Peace Section of the Latin American Bishops' Conference. He has fought the mining industry over its environmental impact on La Oroya. He is vice president of the Panamazon church network and a member of the organizing committee for the Pan-Amazon Synod of Bishops.[4]

On 29 September 2012, Pope Benedict XVI made him a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.[5] Pope Francis made Barreto Cardinal-Priest in the consistory of 28 June 2018, assigning him the titular church of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Annuncio di Concistoro il 29 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 20.05.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.11.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 21 November 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 17.07.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Pittaro, Esteban (20 May 2018). "Cuando Bergoglio le enseñó Buenos Aires al cardenal Pedro Barreto". Alteia (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.09.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  • "Barreto Jimeno Card. Pedro Ricardo, S.I." Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Louis Phạm Văn Nẫm		 Titular Bishop of Acufida
21 November 2001 - 17 July 2004		 Succeeded by
Vincent Barwa
Preceded by
José María Izuzquiza Herranz		 Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru
21 November 2001 - 17 July 2004		 Succeeded by
Santiago María García de la Rasilla Domínguez
Preceded by
José Paulino Ríos Reynoso		 Archbishop of Huancayo
17 July 2004 -		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Ricardo Vidal		 Cardinal-Priest of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense
28 June 2018 -		 Incumbent
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