Luis Héctor Villalba

His Eminence
Luis Hector Villalba
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tucuman
Province Tucuman
See Tucuman
Appointed 8 July 1999
Term ended 10 June 2011
Predecessor Raul Arsenio Casado
Successor Alfredo Horacio Zecca
Other posts
  • Cardinal-Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale
Orders
Ordination 24 September 1960
Consecration 22 December 1984
by Juan Crlos Aramburu
Created Cardinal 14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
Personal details
Birth name Luis Hector Villalba
Born (1934-10-11) 11 October 1934
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires (1984-1991)
  • Bishop of San Martin (1991-1999)
  • Archbishop of Tucuman (1999-2011)
Motto "Apostol de Jesucristo"
(Apostle of Jesus Christ)
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Styles of
Luis Hector Villalba
Reference style His Eminence
Spoken style Your Eminence
Informal style Cardinal

Luis Héctor Villalba (born 11 October 1934) is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop Emeritus of Tucumán, where he was previously Archbishop from 1999 to 2011.


Education

Completed his primary and secondary education in Buenos Aires. He entered the Metropolitan Seminary of Buenos Aires (Villa Devoto) in 1952 after earning the title of mercantile peritus in state schools. In 1961, he obtained licentiates in theology and ecclesiastical history at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.[1]

Episcopate

He was ordained a priest in 24 September 1960.

In 1961 he obtained a licentiate in theology and Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

In 1967 he was appointed as prefect of the major seminary and professor in the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires. In 1968 he became the first director of the San José vocational institute, where candidates to the priesthood of the archdiocese prepared for courses in philosophy and theology. From 1969 to 1971 he served as dean of the faculty of theology, and in 1972 he was appointed as parish priest of Santa Rosa da Lima in Buenos Aires.

On 20 October 1984 he was assigned the titular see of Ofena and appointed as auxiliary of Buenos Aires.

On 16 July 1991 he was transferred to the diocese of San Martin.

He served as metropolitan archbishop of Tucumán from 8 July 1999 to 10 June 2011. He was the first deputy president of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina for two consecutive mandates (2005-2008 and 2008-2011), under the presidency of the then-archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Previously he had been president of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and a member of the Commission for the Lay Apostolate.[2]

Cardinal

On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February.[3] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of San Girolamo a Corviale.[4]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Manuel Menedez
Bishop of San Martin
1991-1999
Succeeded by
Raul Omar Rossi
Preceded by
Raúl Arsenio Casado
Archbishop of Tucumán
1999 - 2011
Succeeded by
Alfredo Zecca
Preceded by
titular church established
Cardinal Priest of San Girolamo a Corviale
2015-present
Incumbent
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