Antonio María Barbieri

His Eminence Antonio María Barbieri OFMCap
Archbishop of Montevideo
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Montevideo
See	Montevideo
Appointed	20 November 1940
Term ended	17 November 1976
Predecessor	Juan Francisco Aragone
Successor	Carlos Parteli Keller
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono (1958–79)
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Macra (1936–40) Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo (1936–40) President of the Uruguayan Episcopal Conference (1958–66)
Orders
Ordination	17 December 1921
Consecration	8 November 1936 by Filippo Cortesi
Created cardinal	15 December 1958 by Pope John XXIII
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Alfredo Barbieri 12 October 1892 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	6 July 1979(1979-07-06) (aged 86) Montevideo, Uruguay
Buried	Montevideo Cathedral
Parents	José Barbieri Mariana Romano
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Tuum regnum adveniat

Styles of Antonio María Barbieri
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Montevideo

Antonio María Barbieri, OFMCap (October 12, 1892 – July 6, 1979), born Alfredo Barbieri, was an Uruguayan cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montevideo from 1940 to 1976, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal.

Biography

Alfredo Barbieri was born in Montevideo to José and Mariana (née Romano) Barbieri. He had a hesitant start to his ecclesiastical career as his parents were strongly opposed to his becoming a priest. Before entering the consecrated life. Barbieri worked as an insurance clerk. He joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on December 8, 1913, and was later sent to Genoa, Italy, to continue his novitiate in 1915. Receiving the habit on the following September 8, Barbieri made his solemn vows and took the name Antonio María.

He then attended Capuchin houses of study and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Barbieri was ordained on December 17, 1921, and obtained his doctorate in theology from the Gregorian on July 9, 1923. He declined a professorship at a prestigious university in Rome and returned to Uruguay, where he served as a pastor in the local Capuchin friary. He was elected superior of this mission in 1931 and re-elected five years later.

On October 6, 1936, Barbieri was appointed coadjutor bishop of Montevideo and titular bishop of Macra. He was consecrated on the following November 8 by Archbishop Filippo, with Archbishop Giovanni Aragone and Bishop Alfredo Violas serving as co-consecrators.

Barbieri succeeded Aragone as Archbishop of Montevideo on November 20, 1940. Besides his skill in theology, he was also a noted historian, violinist, and essayist. Barbieri was a close associate of Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta when the first episcopal conferences of Latin American bishops began in the mid-1950s. Pope John XXIII created Barbieri cardinal priest of S. Crisogno in the consistory of December 15, 1958, and he thus became the first Uruguayan cardinal.

He was one of the cardinal electors in the 1963 conclave, participated in the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), and during the 1960s was recognized for his long periods of service as a theologian and historian with his promotion to the Instituto Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay (Historical and Geographical Institute of Uruguay). Barbieri resigned as Montevideo's archbishop on November 17, 1976, after thirty-five years of service. He died on July 6, 1979, at age 86.

External links

• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
• Free scores by Antonio María Barbieri at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• "Cardinal Barbieri". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 14, 2013. ^{[self-published]}