Antonio Quarracino

Antonio Quarracino (8 August 1923 – 28 February 1998) was an Argentine prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church in Argentina and the archbishop of Buenos Aires between 1990 and 1998.


Antonio Quarracino
Cardinal
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
ChurchCatholic
ArchdioceseBuenos Aires
Appointed10 July 1990
Installed22 November 1990
Term ended28 February 1998
PredecessorJuan Carlos Aramburu
SuccessorJorge Mario Bergoglio
Other post(s)
  • Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Salute a Primavalle (19911998)
  • Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites in Argentina (19901998)
Orders
Ordination22 December 1945
by Anunciado Serafini
Consecration8 April 1962
by Anunciado Serafini
Created cardinal28 June 1991
by Pope John Paul II
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Antonio Quarracino

(1923-08-08)8 August 1923
Pollica, Salerno, Kingdom of Italy
Died28 February 1998(1998-02-28) (aged 74)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
BuriedBuenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral
Previous post(s)
Alma materSan José Seminary
MottoIpsi gloria
(Latin for 'To Him be the glory')
Coat of arms
Styles of
Antonio Quarracino
Informal styleCardinal
SeeBuenos Aires
Ordination history of
Antonio Quarracino
History
Priestly ordination
Date22 December 1945
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorAnunciado Serafini
Co-consecrators
  • Adolfo Servando Tortolo,
  • Raúl Francisco Primatesta
Date8 April 1962
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope John Paul II
Date28 June 1991
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Antonio Quarracino as principal consecrator
Alejo Benedicto Gilligan4 October 1969
Rubén Héctor di Monte16 August 1980
Norberto Eugenio Conrado Martina9 December 1990
Héctor Rubén Aguer4 April 1992
Rubén Oscar Frassia4 April 1992
Jorge Mario Bergoglio27 June 1992
Raúl Omar Rossi27 June 1992
Pedro Luis Ronchino19 March 1993
José Luis Mollaghan2 October 1993
Francisco Polti Santillán22 August 1994
Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo27 September 1994
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