{{Short description|Peruvian prelate}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Pedro Barreto | honorific_suffix = [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo|Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo]] | image = D. Pedro Barreto (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Barreto in mid-2018. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = Huancayo | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Huancayo | elected = | appointed = 17 July 2004 | enthroned = 5 September 2004 | term = <!-- or term_start / term_end --> | retired = 12 February 2024 | predecessor = José Paulino Ríos Reynoso | successor = Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo | opposed = | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Episcopal Conference of Peru|Vice-President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference]] (2012–)|[[Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense|Cardinal-Priest of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense]] (2018–)}} <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 18 December 1971 | ordained_by = | consecration = 1 January 2002 | consecrated_by = José María Izuzquiza Herranz | cardinal = 28 June 2018 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1944|02|12}} | birth_place = [[Lima]], [[Peru]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = <!-- or | partner = --> | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén in Peru|Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru]] (2001–04)|Titular Bishop of Acufida (2001–04)|Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Peru (2004–05)}} | education = | alma_mater = | motto = {{lang|es|En todo amar y servir}} | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno.svg | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | other = }}
'''Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Society of Jesus|SJ]]}} ({{IPA|es|ˈpe.ðɾo βaˈre.to}}; born 12 February 1944) is a [[Peru]]vian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo|Archbishop of Huancayo]] from 2004 to 2024. He has been a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] since 2018.
==Biography== Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and entered the Jesuit novitiate there. He studied philosophy at the Jesuit faculty in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, and theology in Lima. He was ordained a priest of the [[Society of Jesus]] on 18 December 1971 and took his final vows as a Jesuit on 3 October 1976.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | language = it| url =http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/05/20/0374/00807.html | access-date = 20 May 2018 | date = 20 May 2018 |title = Annuncio di Concistoro il 29 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 20.05.2018 }}</ref>
On 21 November 2001, [[Pope John Paul II]] named him titular bishop of [[Acufida]] and Apostolic Administrator of [[Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén in Peru|Jaén in Peru]].<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/11/21/0633/01892.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 20 May 2018 | date= 21 November 2001| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 21.11.2001}}</ref> He was consecrated a bishop on 1 January 2002.
On 17 July 2004, John Paul appointed him Archbishop of Huancayo<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2004/07/17/0355/01159.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 20 May 2018 | date= 17 July 2004| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 17.07.2004}}</ref> and he was installed there on 5 September.
He has headed the Justice and Peace Section of the [[Episcopal Conference of Latin America|Latin American Bishops' Conference]] (CELAM). He has fought the mining industry over its environmental impact on [[La Oroya]]. He has been vice president of the [[Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network]] (REPAM) and was a member of the organizing committee for the [[Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region|Pan-Amazon Synod of Bishops]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://es.aleteia.org/2018/05/20/cuando-Bergoglio-le-enseno-buenos-aires-al-cardenal-pedro-barreto/ | language = es | access-date = 20 May 2018 | date = 20 May 2018 | work = Alteia | title = Cuando Bergoglio le enseñó Buenos Aires al cardenal Pedro Barreto | first = Esteban | last = Pittaro | archive-date = 21 May 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021136/https://es.aleteia.org/2018/05/20/cuando-Bergoglio-le-enseno-buenos-aires-al-cardenal-pedro-barreto/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
On 29 September 2012, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] made him a member of the [[Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace]].<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/09/29/0554/01246.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 20 May 2018 | date= 29 September 2012| title= Rinunce e Nomine, 29.09.2012}}</ref> [[Pope Francis]] made Barreto a [[Cardinal-Priest]] in the consistory of 28 June 2018, assigning him the titular church of [[Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense]].<ref>{{cite press release |access-date = 28 May 2018 | date= 28 May 2018| language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/06/28/0495/01091.html |publisher= Holy See Press Office | title= Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018 }}</ref>
In 2019 at the [[Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region|Synod of Bishops]] he said that those who oppose Pope Francis “want a static church, a church of doctrine, more than one of pastoral action. They want a church that is different to the one Jesus wants, which is a church of solidarity, a church that really responds to the needs of people, and of nature itself.”<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/10/17/cardinal-barreto-amazon-synod-child-laudato-si | access-date = 18 October 2020 | publisher = [[America (magazine)|America]] | title = Cardinal Barreto: The Amazon synod is the child of 'Laudato Si | first = Gerard | last = O'Connell| date= 17 October 2019 }}</ref>
Pope Francis accepted his resignation as archbishop of Huancayo on 12 February 2024, which was his 80th birthday.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | date = 12 February 2024 | access-date = 12 February 2024 | title = Resignations and Appointments, 12.02.2024 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/02/12/240212c.html }}</ref>
==See also== * [[Cardinals created by Francis]] * [[Catholic Church in Peru]]
==References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote|Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno}} {{commons category}}
* {{cite web|access-date=14 July 2018|title=Barreto Jimeno Card. Pedro Ricardo, S.I.|publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]]|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_barreto_p.html|url-status=live|archive-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714002914/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_barreto_p.html}}
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