Ricardo Vidal

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honorific-prefix = His Eminence
name = Ricardo Jamin Vidal
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title = Cardinal Archbishop of Cebu

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enthroned = August 24, 1982
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cardinal = May 25, 1985
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other_post = Archbishop of Lipa
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birthplace = Mogpog, Marinduque
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Ricardo Jamin Vidal (born 6 February 1931) is a Filipino Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cebu in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Roman Catholic titular head of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense.

Born in Mogpog, Marinduque, Vidal studied at the Minor Seminary of the Most Holy Rosary and the San Carlos Seminary in Makati City, Metro Manila. Ordained as a priest on 17 March 1956, Vidal became the spiritual director of the local Seminary of Mount Carmel.

Vidal was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Malolos in 1971, and was consecrated bishop by Bishop Alfredo Maria Aranda Obviar. Less than two years later, he was appointed Archbishop of Lipa by Pope Paul VI. Pope John Paul II appointed Vidal Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu in 1981, becoming Archbishop on 24 August 1982.

Vidal helped found the Catechist Missionaries of St. Theresa, a Catholic religious order.

Cardinal

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cardinal name=Ricardo Vidal
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
See= Cebu |

Vidal was proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 25 May 1985. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, the only Filipino Cardinal to have joined the 2005 conclave due to Cardinal Jaime Sin's poor health.

Political Position

On March 14, 2008, Cardinal Vidal asked, "Why do we need to make him (Jun Lozada) a hero?"

External links

* [http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_vidal_rj_en.html Vatican Cardinal Bio]
* [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=59 Biography at catholic-pages.com]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvidalrj.html Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal at catholic-hierarchy.org]
* [http://www.cardinalrating.com/cardinal_118.htm Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal at cardinalrating.com]
* [http://www.cbcponline.net/bishops/cardinals/vidal.html Cadinal Ricardo J. Vidal at cbcponline.net]