| Type: | Cardinal |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
| Augusto Vargas Alzamora | |
| Honorific Suffix: | S.J. |
| Archbishop Emeritus of Lima | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed: | 30 December 1989 |
| Enthroned: | 26 January 1990 |
| Term End: | 9 January 1999 |
| Predecessor: | Juan Landázuri Ricketts |
| Successor: | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne |
| Other Post: | Cardinal-Priest of San Roberto Bellarmino (1994-2000) |
| Ordination: | 15 July 1955 |
| Ordained By: | José María García Lahiguera |
| Consecration: | 15 August 1978 |
| Consecrated By: | Carlo Furno |
| Cardinal: | 26 November 1994 |
| Created Cardinal By: | Pope John Paul II |
| Rank: | Cardinal-Priest |
| Birth Name: | Augusto Vargas Alzamora |
| Birth Date: | 1922 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lima, Peru |
| Death Place: | Monterrico, Lima, Peru |
| Alma Mater: | National University of San Marcos |
| Motto: | Amaos los unos a los otros |
| Coat Of Arms: | Coat of arms of Augusto Vargas Alzamora.svg |
| Cardinal Name: | Augusto Vargas Alzamora |
| Dipstyle: | His Eminence |
| Offstyle: | Your Eminence |
| See: | Lima |
Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church.
He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Miguel, Argentina and Madrid. He continued his studies in Granada, Spain and the University of San Marcos, Lima, where he received his doctorate in education. Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Cissi and apostolic vicar of Jaén, Peru on 8 June 1978. In 1982 he was elected secretary general of the Episcopal conference of Peru, and was reelected twice more. He was to become its president from 1993 to 1999.[1] He resigned the pastoral government of the vicariate in 1985. In 1989 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Lima, where he stayed until he retired in 1999. Pope John Paul elevated him to the cardinalate in the consistory of 26 November 1994, making him Cardinal Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino. After he retired as Archbishop he continued until his death ministering at a homeless shelter he founded in Lima.
As Archbishop of Lima, he frequently clashed with Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, demanding that the president observe human rights and democratic forms, and, at a later stage, over the president's pushing of family planning programmes.[2] He campaigned openly against Fujimori's election.[3]