Jorge María Mejía

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Jorge María Cardinal Mejía (born January 31, 1923 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives, and Librarian Emeritus of the Vatican Library.

Mejía was ordained to the priesthood for the Metropolitan See of Buenos Aires on September 22, 1945. He taught Sacred Scripture at several universities, participated at the Second Vatican Council as a peritus, and on September 20, 1978, was made a Chaplain of His Holiness. On March 8, 1986, he was appointed titular archbishop of "Apollonia", and an official of the Curial Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. His episcopal consecration took place on the following April 12, and was performed by Roger Cardinal Etchegaray (with Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Bishop Antonio Javierre Ortas as co-consecrators). Mejía was subsequently named Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops on March 5, 1994. Five days later, on March 10, he was appointed Secretary of the College of Cardinals. On March 7, 1998, he became both the Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives and the Librarian of the Vatican Library. He was created Cardinal Deacon of "S. Girolamo della Carità" by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of February 21, 2001. He retired as archivist and librarian on November 24, 2003.

Cardinal Mejía was 82 at the time of the 2005 papal conclave, and thus not eligible to vote. He currently holds a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), and a license in biblical science from the Pontifical Biblical Institute.

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* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmejiaj.html Catholic Hierarchy]