- Jorge Medina Estévez
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place of birth =Santiago, Chile |Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez (born
December 23 ,1926 , inSantiago, Chile ) is aChile an Cardinal of theRoman Catholic Church . He was Cardinal Protodeacon untilFebruary 23 ,2007 , and is PrefectEmeritus of theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments . He is a controversial and polarizing figure in Chile, known for his ultraconservatism and his close ties to fomer dictatorAugusto Pinochet .Life and Ministry
Medina was born in Santiago in 1926, and studied at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (where he received abaccalaureate in thearts andbiology ) and the MajorSeminary of Santiago. He was ordained a priest onJune 12 ,1954 , by Bishop Pio Fariña Fariña, thevicar general and anauxiliary bishop of Santiago. Earning adoctorate intheology in 1955, Medina taughtphilosophy and theology at the Major Seminary of Santiago and of the Pontifical Catholic University, respectively. He also served as a dean of the university, and as aperitus at theSecond Vatican Council ; for the latter he later received a "honoris causa" doctorate from theUniversity of Notre Dame in 1996.Pro-Grand Chancellor of the Catholic University from 1974 to 1985, he was named
titular bishop of "Thibilis" andauxiliary bishop of Rancagua onDecember 18 ,1984 . Medina was consecrated to the episcopate onJanuary 6 ,1985 byPope John Paul II himself, with CardinalsEduardo Martínez Somalo andDuraisamy Simon Lourdusamy acting as co-consecrators. He was made Bishop of Rancagua onNovember 25 ,1987 and then Bishop of Valparaíso on April 16, 1993. He was appointed Pro-Prefect of theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on June 21, 1996, resigning from his post in Valparaíso on the same day.Medina was created a Cardinal Deacon in the consistory of
February 21 ,1998 , with the title of "San Saba ". He was Prefect of theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments fromFebruary 23 ,1998 , until his retirement onOctober 1 ,2002 .Infobox cardinalstyles
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See=Valparaíso (emeritus )|Medina was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave, and, following the conclusion of the conclave, as Cardinal Protodeacon (the senior-most cardinal deacon), he had the honor of announcing to the world the election ofPope Benedict XVI with the famous "Habemus Papam " formula; as protodeacon, Cardinal Medina also imposed the petrinepallium on Pope Benedict XVI.Cardinal Medina lost his right to participate in any future conclaves after
December 23 ,2006 , when he turned 80 years of age. After his 80th anniversary he went back to Chile in order to help as a priest in a parish. On March 1, 2008, he was elevated toCardinal-Priest . His titular deaconry San Saba was elevatedpro hac vice to title..The voice of Jorge Medina Estévez
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* His Eminence is a "Doctor Scientiae et honoris causa" from the
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile .
* He is also aChaplain "ad honorem" of theSovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta .External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2koVqoTZXo Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez announces Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) as the new Pope.]
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