Background
Maradiaga, Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez was born on December 29, 1942 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Maradiaga, Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez was born on December 29, 1942 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, Institute Don Rua, San Salvador. Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, Pontifical Salesian Athenaeum, Rome. Doctor of Philosophy in Moral Theology, Pontifical Lateran University.
Diploma in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University Innsbruck, Austria. Attended, Conservatory San Salvador.
Ordained Priest of Salesians of St. John Bosco, 1970. Professor chemistry Salesian school Don Bosco, Guatemala, 1971—1972. Professor moral theology & ecclesiology Salesian Theological Institute, Guatemala, 1971—1975.
Secretary theological faculty University Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala, 1974—1976. Rector Salesian Philosophical Institute, Guatemala, 1975—1978. Ordained bishop, 1978.
Auxiliary bishop Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1978—1993. Apostolic administrator Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copan, 1981—1984, Diocese of San Pedro Sula, 1993—1995. Archbishop Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, since 1993.
Elevated to cardinal, 2001. Cardinal-priest St. Maria della Speranza, since 2001. Secretary general Episcopal Council Latin America (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano), 1987—1991, president, 1995—1999.
Member Special Council for American General Secretariat of Synod of Bishops. Member Congregation for Clergy, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Pontifical Commission for Latin America.