- Augusto Vargas Alzamora
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See=Lima|Augusto Cardinal Vargas Alzamora S.J. was a
Cardinal Priest andArchbishop ofLima in theRoman Catholic Church .He joined the
Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty inSan Miguel ,Argentina andMadrid . He continued his studies inGranada , Spain and theUniversity of San Marcos ,Lima where he received hisdoctorate in education.Pope Paul VI appointed himtitular bishop of Cissi and appointed himapostolic vicar ofJaén, Peru on8 June 1978 . In 1982 he was electedsecretary general of theEpiscopal Conference of Peru , and was reelected twice more. He resigned the pastoral government of thevicariate in 1985.Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Lima in 1989 where he stayed until he retired in 1999. Pope John Paul elevated him to the cardinalate becoming createdCardinal Priest of "S. Roberto Bellarmino " in theconsistory ofNovember 26 1994 . After he retired as Archbishop he continued ministering at a homeless shelter he founded in Lima until his death.References
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