Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
| His Eminence Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa |
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| Province | Santiago |
| Diocese | Santiago |
| Successor | Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, SDB |
| Other posts | secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. |
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| Ordination | 16 July 1961 |
| Consecration | 6 January 1991 |
| Created Cardinal | 21 February 2001 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace |
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| Born | 5 September 1933 Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, University of Fribourg |
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (born 5 September 1933) is a Chilean and the Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago. He is of Basque descent.[1]
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Santiago de Chile (emeritus) |
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[edit] Early life
Born in Santiago, second of the six children of Pedro Errázuriz Larraín and Marta Ossa Ruíz.
He studied at the Liceo Alemán de los padres del Verbo Divino and later at the Faculty of Engineering of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated with a bachelor degree in mathematics in 1953. For 8 years, he was a member of the Student Center and of Federation of Students and joined different university groups of the nascent Schönstatt Movement. Errázuriz befriended the Servant of God Mario Hiriart and with him and other students originated this Marian apostolic movement in Chile.
Errázuriz Ossa attended the State University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where he obtained a licentiate in philosophy and doctorate in theology. Besides his native Spanish, he speaks Italian, German and French.
[edit] Priesthood
He was ordained as a priest for the Schönstatt Fathers on 16 July 1961, in Fribourg, by Manuel Larraín Errázuriz, bishop of Talca. In October 1962, he met Fr. Josef Kentenich, founder of the secular Institute of Fathers of Schönstatt, whose spiritual paternity he considers a special gift from God. From 1963 to 1965, Errázuriz was consultor of youth communities and university students in several cities in Chile.
He served as Regional Superior in Chile of the Secular Institute of Fathers of Schönstatt, a position he held from 1965 to 1971. From Chile he directed the community of the institute in the Iberian peninsula and in Ecuador. As Regional Superior, participated in the Conference of clergy in Chile and was elected its vicepresident. During those years he worked with Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez, who had welcomed the Institute, then in its organizational phase, in his archdiocese. In 1971 was called to serve his community's General Council in Germany.
He became a member of the General Council of the Institute, from 1971 to 1974. In 1974, he was elected Superior General of the Schönstatt Fathers, and president of the International Council of the Work of Schöntatt; re-elected in 1980 and 1986. Because of his post, he conducted multiple pastoral visits to Europe, America, Africa and Australia. and then became a chaplain in the Schönstatt Movement.
[edit] Curial work
On 22 December 1990, Errázuriz Ossa was appointed Titular Archbishop of Hólar and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He was consecrated on 6 January 1991 in the Lateran Basilica by Pope John Paul II. The principal co-consecrators were Giovanni Battista Re, then the Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State and Justin Francis Rigali, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops. In the same ceremony, three other future cardinals were also consecrated: Jean-Louis Tauran, Vinko Puljić and Julián Herranz Casado. Errázuriz Ossa adopted the motto: Ut vitam habeant. He attended the IX Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, in the Vatican City, October 2–29, 1994, by papal appointment.
Errázuriz Ossa was named bishop of Valparaíso, Chile, on September 24, 1996. He attended the Special Assembly for America of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, November 16-December 12, 1997. He was transferred to the metropolitan see of Archdiocese of Santiago, on April 24, 1998. Became the Grand chancellor of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile the same year. Was elected president of the Chilean Episcopal Conference for three years, on November 20, 1998; and reelected, on November 16, 2001. Elected first vice-president of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), on May 13, 1999.
[edit] Cardinal
He was created Cardinal in the consistory of 21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Errázuriz Ossa received the red biretta and the title of Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (Our Lady of Peace). He attended the X Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, 30 September-27 October 2001. Inducted as member of the Academy of Social, Political and Moral Sciences of the Institute of Chile, Santiago, on 19 December 2002. He was elected president of the Episcopal Council of Latin America (CELAM), for the term from 2003- 2007 on 16 May 2003. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. Attended the XI General Ordinary Assembly of the World Synod of Bishops, Vatican City, October 2 to 23, 2005; by papal appointment.
Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa's resignation as Archbishop of Santiago was accepted on 15 December 2010. His successor is Ricardo Ezzati Andrello.
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- 1933 births
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- Living people
- People from Santiago
- Chilean cardinals
- Chilean people of Basque descent
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- Bishops and archbishops of Santiago
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