Augusto Vargas Alzamora

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Augusto Vargas Alzamora was a Peruvian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Lima and was known for his outspoken defense of human rights and democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cardinal
Peruvian person
human
appointedCardinalBy Pope John Paul II NERFINISHED
areaOfActivism democratic governance in Peru
human rights in Peru
birthDate 1922-11-09
birthPlace Lima, Peru NERFINISHED
burialPlace Cathedral of Lima NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
clergyRank Archbishop
Cardinal
continentOfCitizenship South America
countryOfCitizenship Peru NERFINISHED
countryOfService Peru NERFINISHED
deathDate 2000-09-04
diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima NERFINISHED
education Pontifical Catholic University of Peru NERFINISHED
Pontifical Gregorian University NERFINISHED
elevationToCardinalDate 1988-06-28
endTime 1999-01-09
familyName Vargas Alzamora NERFINISHED
fullName Augusto Vargas Alzamora NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Augusto NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix His Eminence
honorificSuffix Cardinal
ideology pro-democracy
knownFor criticism of Alberto Fujimori government
defense of democracy
defense of human rights
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOf College of Cardinals
notableWork pastoral letters on democracy and social justice
public statements on human rights in Peru
occupation Catholic bishop
theologian
officeStartFor Archbishop of Lima
participatedIn 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis (as critic)
positionHeld Archbishop of Lima NERFINISHED
Cardinal-Priest of San Camillo de Lellis NERFINISHED
predecessor Juan Landázuri Ricketts NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
startTime 1989-01-30
successor Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne NERFINISHED

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