Daniel Sturla Explained

Type:cardinal
Honorific-Prefix:His Eminence
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet
Honorific-Suffix:S.D.B.
Cardinal
Archbishop of Montevideo
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Montevideo
See:Montevideo
Appointed:11 February 2014
Term Start:9 March 2014
Predecessor:Nicolás Cotugno
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santa Galla (2015-)
Ordination:21 November 1987
Consecration:4 March 2012
Consecrated By:Nicolás Cotugno
Arturo Fajardo
Milton Tróccoli
Cardinal:14 February 2015
Created Cardinal By:Pope Francis
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet
Birth Date:4 July 1959
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Religion:Roman Catholic
Residence:Montevideo
Previous Post:Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (2011–14)
Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2011-14)
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet.svg
Motto:Spanish; Castilian: Servir al Señor con Alegría
(Serve the Lord with gladness)
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB
Dipstyle:His Eminence
Offstyle:Your Eminence
Relstyle:Cardinal

Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (born 4 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo.

Biography

Sturla was born in a Uruguayan middle-class family. His parents died when he was a teenager. His eldest brother Martín was an important politician at the end of the 20th century.

He attended John XXIII Institute run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Montevideo. He entered the Salesian novitiate in 1979 and made his first religious profession on January 31, 1980. He studied theology at what was then called the Bishop Mariano Soler Theological Institute of Uruguay, and on November 21, 1987, he was ordained a priest.

After his ordination he served as vicar of the Salesian novitiate and post-novitiate, director of the Salesian aspirantate, master of novices, director of the John XXIII Institute, and professor of Church history. He earned a licentiate in theology from the Soler Theological Institute in 2006.

On October 28, 2008, he was named Salesian provincial for Uruguay, and shortly after was elected president of the Conference of Religious of Uruguay.

On December 10, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him titular bishop of Felbes and auxiliary bishop of Montevideo. On February 11, 2014, Pope Francis promoted him to archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay.[1] On 9 March 2014 on the occasion of his inauguration a Mass was held together with Archbishop emeritus Nicolás Cotugno and Apostolic Nuncio Anselmo Guido Pecorari; the Mass was attended by President José Mujica, Vice President Danilo Astori, former President Luis Alberto Lacalle, senator Pedro Bordaberry and the mayor of Montevideo Ana Olivera, among others.[2]

Within the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay he has been put in charge of the Departments of the Missions and of the Laity.

Cardinal

Sturla was created a cardinal by Pope Francis on 14 February 2015.[3] As Cardinal-Priest he was assigned the titular church of Santa Galla.[4]

In April 2015 Sturla Berhouet was appointed a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, and Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

On 18 March 2020, Pope Francis named him a member of the Commission of Cardinals of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pope Francis appoints Sturla . 11 February 2014 . El Diario . es.
  2. Web site: Hundreds of parishioners attending Sturla's first mass as Archbishop . 10 March 2014 . . es . 10 March 2014 . 10 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310153825/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/cientos-feligreses-participaron-asuncion-sturla.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali . NEWS.VA Official Vatican Network . 4 January 2015 . 4 January 2015 . 13 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112834/http://www.news.va/en/news/230499 . dead .
  4. News: Consistory: list of titular church assignments . 14 February 2015. Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015.
  5. Resignations and Appointments, 18.03.2020 . Holy See Press Office . 18 March 2020 . 18 March 2020.