Jorge Medina | |
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| Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Jorge_Medina_Est%C3%A9vez_(cropped).jpg) Jorge Medina in 2011 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 21 June 1996 |
| Term ended | 1 October 2002 |
| Predecessor | Antonio María Javierre Ortas S.D.B. |
| Successor | Francis Arinze |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Priest "pro hac vice" of Santa Saba (2008–21) |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Thibilis (1984–87) Auxiliary Bishop of Rancagua (1984–87) Bishop of Rancagua (1987–93) Bishop of Valparaíso (1993–96) Cardinal-Deacon of San Saba (1998–2008) Cardinal Protodeacon (2005–07) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 June 1954 by Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña |
| Consecration | 6 January 1985 by Pope John Paul II |
| Created cardinal | 21 February 1998 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Deacon (1998–2008) Cardinal-Priest (2008–21) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez 23 December 1926 |
| Died | 3 October 2021 (aged 94) Santiago, Chile |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Motto | Oportet illum crescere (He must increase) |
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Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez (Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe meˈðina]; 23 December 1926 – 3 October 2021) was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions both in his native country and in the Roman Curia. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1996 to 2002 and was made a cardinal in 1998. Beginning in 1985 he served as auxiliary bishop and then from 1987 bishop of Rancagua and then bishop of Valparaíso from 1993 to 1996.
As Cardinal Protodeacon, the longest serving cardinal of the order of cardinal deacons, he announced the election of Pope Benedict XVI to the world on 19 April 2005.