Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, the Most Reverend |
Carlos Camus | |
Bishop of Linares | |
Diocese: | Linares |
Appointed: | 11 December 1976 |
Term: | 17 January 2003 |
Predecessor: | Augusto Osvaldo Salinas Fuenzalida |
Successor: | Tomislav Koljatic Maroevic |
Other Post: | Bishop of Copiapó |
Ordination: | 21 September 1957 |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1927 |
Birth Place: | Valparaíso, Chile |
Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Alma Mater: | Seminario de Santiago Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (BA) Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Motto: | "La victoria que vence al mundo es nuestra Fe" |
Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas (14 January 1927 – 16 March 2014) emeritus (retired) bishop of the Linares, Chile and human rights advocate. He was a proponent of excommunication for those guilty of torture.[1]
Born in Valparaíso, on 14 January 1927, he was ordained a priest on 21 September 1957. Camus was then appointed Bishop of Copiapó, Chile on 31 January 1968 and was ordained bishop on 3 March 1968. He was then appointed Bishop of Linares, Chile on 11 December 1976 and installed on 17 April 1977. He retired on 17 January 2003.[2] He died on 16 March 2014.[3]