{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader |type = Cardinal |honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] |name = Juan Gualberto Guevara |image = Juan Gualberto Guevara (cropped).jpg |title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima|Archbishop of Lima]] |church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] |archdiocese = Lima |see = Lima |appointed = 16 December 1945 |term_start = 11 January 1946 |term_end = 27 November 1954 |predecessor = [[Pedro Pascual Farfán]] |successor = [[Juan Landázuri Ricketts]] |other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Military Ordinariate of Peru|Military Vicar of Peru]] (1945-54)|[[Sant'Eusebio|Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio]] (1946-54)}} |ordination = 2 June 1906 |ordained_by = Ismaele Puirredón |consecration = 2 March 1941 |consecrated_by = [[Fernando Cento]] |cardinal = 18 February 1946 |created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Pius XII]] |rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] |birth_name = Juan Gualberto Guevara |birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|07|12|df=yes}} |birth_place = Villa de Vitor, [[Arequipa Province|Arequipa]], [[Peru]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1954|11|27|1882|07|12}} |death_place = [[Lima]], Peru |buried = [[Lima Cathedral]] |previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Bishop of Trujillo]] (1940-43)|Archbishop of Trujillo (1943-45)}} |alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[University of San Agustin]]|[[Pontifical Gregorian University]]}} |motto = ''Dominus illuminatio mea'' |coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Juan Gualberto Guevara.svg }}
'''Juan Gualberto Guevara''' [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] [[Doctor of Canon Law|J.C.D.]] (12 July 1882 – 27 November 1954) was created on 18 February 1946 as a [[Cardinal Priest]] by [[Pope Pius XII]]. He was [[Archbishop]] of [[Lima]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He was the first Cardinal of [[Peru]].
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
He was born in ''Villa de Vitor'' in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa|Archdiocese of Arequipa]]. Educated at the [[Seminary of San Jerónimo]], Arequipa and [[University of San Agustin]]. Graduated in 1912 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree. Finally went to the [[Pontifical Gregorian University]] in [[Rome]], where in 1922 he earned a [[doctorate]] in [[canon law]].
===Priesthood=== He was ordained on 2 June 1906 in [[Arequipa]], and worked as a parish [[priest]] from 1906 until 1910 in [[Arica]], nowadays in [[Chile]]. He was expelled by the [[Chile]]an Government when it claimed the province that he was working in. He became Vice-[[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of the Seminary of Arequipa, in 1910, where he stayed for ten years until 1920. He was named [[sacristan]] of the cathedral of Arequipa 1916 - 1920. He worked as staff member of ''[[El Deber]]'', the oldest newspaper in southern [[Peru]], 1916–1940 and as its director from 1928 - 1940.
===Episcopate=== Guevara was appointed [[Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo|Trujillo]] by [[Pope Pius XII]] on 15 December 1940. When the diocese of Trujillo was elevated to an archdiocese he became its first [[archbishop]] on 23 May 1943. Appointed as ''Military Vicars of Peru '' on 13 January 1945 and retained that office until his death. Transferred to the [[metropolitan see]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima|Lima]] on 16 December 1945.
===Cardinalate=== {{infobox cardinal styles | cardinal name = Juan Gualberto Guevara | dipstyle = His Eminence | offstyle = Your Eminence | See = Lima | image = Coat of arms of Juan Gualberto Guevara.svg | image_size = 200px }} [[Pope Pius XII]] created him [[Cardinal Priest]] of ''[[Sant'Eusebio]]'' in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 18 February 1946. He was thus the first Peruvian cardinal ever created. Died in 1954 of [[cancer]] in [[Lima]]. Buried in the metropolitan cathedral of Lima.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
==Public morality== Guevara once told several mothers of [[Swimsuit|bathing-suit]] [[parade]] contestants that such a parade would be contrary to [[religion]] and [[modesty]].<ref>TIME Magazine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110131041902/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,856313,00.html American Beauty] 21 November 1949</ref>
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1946.htm#Guevara The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary] *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bguevaraj.html Catholic Hierarchy data for this cardinal] *{{Find a Grave|7779062}}
{{S-start}} {{Succession box |before=[[Carlo Garcia Irigoyen]] |title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo|Bishop of Trujillo]]<br />(''Elevated on 23 May 1943 to Archbishop'') |after=[[Aurelio Macedonio Guerrero]] |years=15 December 1940–16 December 1945}} {{Succession box |before=[[Pedro Pascual Farfán]] |title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima|Archbishop of Lima]] |after=[[Juan Landázuri Ricketts]] |years=16 December 1945–27 November 1954}} {{S-end}}
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