Jaime Lachica Sin ( Spanish: Jaime Lachica Sin ; August 31, 1928 , New Washington , Philippines - June 21, 2005 , Manila , Philippines ) - Philippine Cardinal. Titular bishop of Obba and auxiliary bishop of Haro from February 10, 1967 to June 20, 1970. Apostolic administrator sede plena Haro from June 20, 1970 to January 15, 1972. Titular archbishop Massa Lyubrenze and coadjutor with the right to inherit Archbishopric of Haro from January 15 to October 8, 1972. Archbishop Haro from October 8, 1972 to January 21, 1974. Archbishop of Manila from January 21, 1974 to September 15, 2003. The Apostolic Administrator of Manila from September 15 to November 21, 2003. Cardinal priest with the title of Church of Santa Maria dei Monti from May 24, 1976.
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| January 21, 1974 - September 15, 2003 | ||||
| Church | Roman catholic church | |||
| Predecessor | Cardinal Rufino Santos | |||
| Successor | Cardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales | |||
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| Holy Order | April 3, 1954 | |||
| Episcopal consecration | February 10, 1967 | |||
| Cardinal with | May 24, 1976 | |||
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From 1976 to 1981, he chaired the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Philippines .
Died June 21, 2005. He was buried in the crypt of the Cathedral of Manila .
Role in the overthrow of the dictatorship of Marcos
After the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino in 1983, Cardinal Sin urged the opposition to unite around his wife, Corazon Aquino . Before the February 1986 presidential election, with the support of Cardinal Sin, who called on priests and nuns to head the local branches of the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections, half a million volunteers were involved in monitoring the elections and protecting ballot boxes throughout the country. According to their calculations, the overwhelming majority of votes won Corazon Aquino. On February 15, incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos was declared the winner. The official results were recognized as fake by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Philippines, by American observers and by the dozens of tellers working for the election commission who staged a protest and left jobs when they saw that their calculations were rigged. The next day, Corazon Aquino appealed to the rally in Manila, which brought together two million people, and called for a campaign of civil disobedience to demand the resignation of Marcos [2] .
On February 22, Defense Minister Juan Enrile and the head of the country's police, Fidel Ramos , demanded that Marcos resign and, together with several hundred of his supporters, gain a foothold at the military base. Cardinal Sin spoke on Catholic radio at night, asking citizens to support the rebel soldiers. The next morning, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos surrounded the base. Marcos sent a tank battalion to suppress the rebellion. Arriving at the place, the soldiers discovered well-organized civilians. In the front rows stood the nuns who knelt before the tanks, holding their beads in their hands, while pregnant women, old women, and children offered the soldiers food. Despite orders to use weapons, the soldiers refused to shoot unarmed people and began to join the crowd. Over the course of several days, about 80% of all military personnel sided with the rebels. February 25, Marcos left the country [2] .
Role in Political Life under Democracy
In 2001, Cardinal Sin became one of the leaders of demonstrations against President Joseph Estrada , whom the people accused of corruption. As a result, Estrada was forced to resign; Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became president. In July 2003, a group of officers tried to overthrow Macapagal-Arroyo, but several hours before the failed coup, Cardinal Sin urged Filipinos not to succumb to provocations of the enemies of democracy [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118831836 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Jack Goldstone . Revolution. A very brief introduction. - M .: Publishing house of the Gaidar Institute, 2015. - S. 149-151.
- ↑ Filipino Cardinal Jaime Sin Blagovest-info passed away