Ricardo Cardinal Vidal
His Excellency Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal (born 6 February 1931) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cebu in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Mogpoc, in the Philippines, Vidal studied at the Minor Seminary of the Most Holy Rosary and the San Carlo Seminary in Manila. Ordained as a priest on 17 March 1956, Vidal became the spiritual director of the local Seminary of Mount Carmel. Elected bishop in 1971, he was promoted to Archbishop of Cebu in 1982 and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 25 May 1985. He also helped found the Catechist Missionaries of St. Theresa, a Catholic religious order.
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