Ricardo Vidal
Ricardo Tito Jamin Vidal (Latin: Ricardus Vidal; 6 February 1931 – 18 October 2017) was a Filipino cardinal-priest and the Archbishop-Emeritus of Cebu in the Roman Catholic Church.[1] On 15 October 2010 his resignation as Archbishop of Cebu was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI; he was replaced by Jose S. Palma, formerly Archbishop of Palo, on 13 January 2011.[2] He was born in Mogpog, Marinduque.
Vidal was President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) from 1986 to 1987, and became Chairman of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on the Clergy in 1989.[3] He was appointed as the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences's Convenor of the Standing Committee (1985 to 1994).[4]
Vidal died on 18 October 2017 in Cebu City, Philippines from sepsis at the age of 86.
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Other websites
- Vatican Cardinal Bio
- Biography at catholic-pages.com Archived 2005-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Catholic Hierarchy – Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal
- Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal at cardinalrating.com Archived 2016-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Cardinal Ricardo J. Vidal at cbcponline.net Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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