{{Family name hatnote|Terrazas|[[Sandoval]]|lang=Spanish}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Julio Terrazas Sandoval | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] | image = Julio Terrazas Sandoval.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = Santa Cruz de la Sierra| | appointed = 6 February 1991 | term_start = 14 April 1991 | term_end = 25 May 2013 | predecessor = [[Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo]] | successor = [[Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina]] (previously, Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra) | other_post = [[San Giovanni Battista de Rossi (church)|Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi]] <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 29 July 1962 | ordained_by = Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider | consecration = 8 June 1978 | consecrated_by = [[José Clemente Maurer]] | cardinal = 21 February 2001 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] | rank = Cardinal-Priest <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|03|07}} | birth_place = [[Vallegrande]], [[Bolivia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|12|9|1936|3|7}} | death_place = [[Santa Cruz, Bolivia|Santa Cruz]], Bolivia | buried = | religion = [[Roman Catholic]] | residence = | parents = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz|Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz]] (1978-1982)|Titular Bishop of Apisa Maius (1978-1982)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro|Bishop of Oruro]] (1982-1991)}} | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Julio Terrazas Sandoval.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Sainthood ----------> | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }} '''Julio Terrazas Sandoval''' (March 7, 1936 – December 9, 2015) was a [[Cardinal Priest]] and Archbishop Emeritus of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Cruz de la Sierra]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref name=FIU>{{cite web |url= https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2001.htm |title= Biographical Dictionary of John Paul II (1978-2005), Consistory of February 21, 2001 (VIII) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Florida International University website, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church section |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>
==Biography== Born in [[Vallegrande]], [[Bolivia]], he was the member of the Terrazas family, prominent in [[Cochabamba]] and Santa Cruz. He was a close relative of Generals [[Hernán Terrazas Céspedes]] and [[David Terrazas Villegas]], and a distant relative of [[Melchor Terrazas]] and [[Manuel Terrazas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=III |first=Harris M. Lentz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ongwCgAAQBAJ |title=Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2015-07-11 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2155-5 |language=en}}</ref>
Terrazas Sandoval was ordained a priest in 1962. He earned a degree in social ministry from EMACAS University, [[France]].<ref name=VP>[https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_terrazas-sandoval_j.html Vatican Press website, ''Terrazas Sandoval Card. Julio, C.SS.R.'']</ref> In Bolivia, he was superior of the Vallegrande [[Redemptorist]] community before being appointed Auxiliary of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of La Paz|La Paz]] in 1978. He was later transferred to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oruro|Oruro]] in 1982. He chaired the Episcopal Commission on the Laity, Youth and Vocations, was a member of CELAM's Commission on the Laity, and was elected President of the [[Bolivian Episcopal Conference]] on four occasions.<ref name=VP />
Appointed Archbishop of Santa Cruz in 1991, Terrazas Sandoval was made a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 21 February 2001.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55251/terrazas-sandoval-julio-cssr* Catholic News Agency website, ''Terrazas Sandoval, Julio, C.SS.R.*'']</ref> He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]], and also one of the [[Cardinal electors for the papal conclave, 2013|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Francis]].<ref name=VP />
On May 25, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation he submitted when he turned 75. He was immediately succeeded as Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra by his Coadjutor Archbishop, [[Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/05/25/news/31062.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607143801/http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/05/25/news/31062.html |archivedate=2013-06-07 }}</ref>
Terrazas died aged 79 after several complications in his health.<ref>[http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/12/10/cardinal_julio_terrazas_sandoval_dies_at_79/1193267 Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval dies at 79]</ref>
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*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420180418/http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=177 Biography at catholic-pages.com]}}
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