Antonio Quarracino

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Latin for 'To Him be the glory')
Coat of arms

Styles of Antonio Quarracino
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Buenos Aires

Ordination history of Antonio Quarracino
History Priestly ordination Date 22 December 1945 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Jorge Mario Bergoglio 27 June 1992 Raúl Omar Rossi 27 June 1992 Pedro Luis Ronchino 19 March 1993 José Luis Mollaghan 2 October 1993 Francisco Polti Santillán 22 August 1994 Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo 27 September 1994

Antonio Quarracino (8 August 1923 – 28 February 1998) was an Argentine

between 1990 and 1998.

Biography

Early life and priesthood

Quarracino was born in Pollica, Province of Salerno, Italy. His family emigrated to Argentina when he was 4 years old, settling in the town of San Andrés de Giles in the province of Buenos Aires.

Quarracino was ordained priest on 22 December 1945, and became a professor at the diocesan seminary of

.

Episcopate and cardinalate

Quarracino was appointed Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, by Pope John XXIII, on 3 February 1962, and received the episcopal see on 8 April of the same year. He participated in all sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965).^[1] On 3 August 1968 Paul VI moved him to the diocese of Avellaneda (whose new cathedral was built during his rule).

on 28 June 1991.

On 27 June 1992 he was the principal consecrator of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., later Pope Francis, as bishop.^[2]

Death

Quarracino died in 1998 at the age of 74 at the Otamendi Hospital, due to a cardiac arrest. His doctors announced that his death came due to complications following intestinal surgery on 21 February 1998.

.

Views

Inter-religious dialogue with Jews

Quarracino was a major figure of inter-religious discussion with Jews. During a visit to

AMIA

.

Social communications

Quarracino was inclined to journalism and, while in La Plata, he renewed the informative magazine of the archdiocese, transforming it into a full-fledged cultural publication. As Bishop of Buenos Aires, he appeared on TV regularly; he was in charge of a segment in a religious program (Claves para un mundo mejor) in the state-owned channel

ATC

.

Dirty War

Quarracino was outspoken about controversial topics. One of his first notable public statements was his support, in 1982, of a project of law that would end all investigation of the crimes of the

Ley de Punto Final

, sanctioned in 1986.

Divorce

In 1990, Quarracino attracted controversy after criticizing a recently approved divorce law, saying that it had been the work of "Masonic influences" and that it also severely "weakened the Argentine people's traditional religious spirit".[3]

Argentine politics

Quarracino was opposed to the policies of president Raúl Alfonsín (1983–1989) and accused politicians of corruption, as the cause of "national poverty". However, he acknowledged being a friend of president Carlos Menem (1989–1999) who was heavily criticized by other Church leaders (such as Cardinal Primatesta).

Homosexuality

In 1994, during his TV segment in ATC, Quarracino spoke against homosexuality saying that lesbians and gay men should be "locked up in a

Boca Juniors

The Cardinal was an avowed fan of the Boca Juniors football team. When he celebrated his 50 years of priesthood he received a Boca Juniors shirt signed by all the team members.

References

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy.org
• Zenit Catholic News Agency
• Hoy magazine, La Plata, 1 March 1998.
• Bartolomé de Vedia [Bartholomew of Vedia] (1 March 1998). "Falleció Quarracino y asume Bergoglio en la arquidiócesis" [Quarracino dies and Bergoglio assumes the archdiocese]. La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 July 2012.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Juan Carlos Aramburu	Archbishop of Buenos Aires 10 July 1990 – 28 February 1998	Succeeded by Jorge Mario Bergoglio