Carlos Camus Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cavanaugh, William T.. 1998. Torture and Eucharist: theology, politics, and the body of Christ. Wiley-Blackwell. 978-0-631-21199-0. 256.
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcamlar.html Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas
  3. Web site: Murió Carlos Camus Larenas, obispo emérito de Linares y defensor de los derechos humanos. 17 March 2014. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20140317140131/http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/iglesia-catolica/murio-carlos-camus-larenas-obispo-emerito-de-linares/2014-03-17/063653.html. 17 March 2014. live.