José Clemente Maurer

His Eminence

José Clemente Maurer

C.Ss.R.
Archbishop Emeritus of Succre
Orders
Ordination19 September 1929
Consecration16 April 1950
by Adeodato Giovanni Piazza
Created cardinal26 June 1967
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
José Clemente Maurer

(1900-03-13)13 March 1900
Püttlingen, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia
(now Püttlingen, Germany)
Died27 June 1990(1990-06-27) (aged 90)
Sucre, Bolivia
BuriedSucre Cathedral
NationalityGerman
Styles of
José Maurer
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Seenone

José Clemente Maurer, C.Ss.R. (13 March 1900—27 June 1990) was a German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Sucre from 1951 to 1983, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.

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