Name | Raul Silva Henriquez |
Date of Birth | September 27, 1907 |
Place of Birth | Chile |
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Raul Silva Henriquez was born on September 27, 1907 in Chile. He died on Apr 9, 1999 (age 91). Cardinal of the Catholic Church from Chile who held the position of archbishop of Santiago from 1961 to 1983.
He attended the Catholic University of Chile in order to earn his doctorate in law. As an ardent critic of Augusto Pinochet, the ruler of Chile’s military regime from 1973 through 1990, he exposed himself to the possibility of losing his life. He was the 16th child out of a total of 19.