Ricardo Vidal

**Ricardo Cardinal Vidal**
Ricardo Cardinal Vidal See = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu

Church positions
See	{{{See}}}
Title	Cardinal Archbishop of Cebu
Period in office	1982 – present
Created cardinal	25 May, 1985
Predecessor	Julio Cardinal Rosales †
Successor	incumbent
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Personal
Date of birth	6 February, 1931
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Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal (born 6 February 1931) is a Filipino Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Cebu in the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Roman Catholic titular head of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense.

Born in Mogpog, Vidal studied at the Minor Seminary of the Most Holy Rosary and the San Carlos Seminary in Makati City, Metro 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.

Cardinal

Styles of Ricardo Vidal

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Cebu

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, the only Filipino Cardinal to have joined the 2005 conclave due to Cardinal Jaime Sin's poor health.

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Preceded by Julio Rosales y Ras	Archbishop of Cebu 1982–present	Succeeded by incumbent

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