Daniel Sturla

For other uses, see Sturla (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sturla and the second or maternal family name is Berhouet.

His Eminence Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet S.D.B.
Cardinal Archbishop of Montevideo
Cardinal Sturla in 2021
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Montevideo
See	Montevideo
Appointed	11 February 2014
Installed	9 March 2014
Predecessor	Nicolás Cotugno
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Galla (2015-)
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (2011–14) Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2011-14)
Orders
Ordination	21 November 1987
Consecration	4 March 2012 by Nicolás Cotugno Arturo Fajardo Milton Tróccoli
Created cardinal	14 February 2015 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet (1959-07-04) July 4, 1959 Montevideo, Uruguay
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Montevideo
Motto	Servir al Señor con Alegría (Serve the Lord with gladness)
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Daniel Sturla
History Priestly ordination Date 21 November 1987 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Nicolas Cotugno Co-consecrators Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante Milton Luis Troccoli Cebedio Date 4 March 2012 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Francis Date 14 February 2015

Styles of Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (born 4 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo.

Biography

Sturla was born in a Uruguayan middle-class family. His parents died when he was a teenager. His eldest brother Martín was an important politician at the end of the 20th century.

He attended John XXIII Institute run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Montevideo. He entered the Salesian novitiate in 1979 and made his first religious profession on January 31, 1980. He studied theology at what was then called the Bishop Mariano Soler Theological Institute of Uruguay, and on November 21, 1987, he was ordained a priest.

After his ordination he served as vicar of the Salesian novitiate and post-novitiate, director of the Salesian aspirantate, master of novices, director of the John XXIII Institute, and professor of Church history. He earned a licentiate in theology from the Soler Theological Institute in 2006.

On October 28, 2008, he was named Salesian provincial for Uruguay, and shortly after was elected president of the Conference of Religious of Uruguay.

On December 10, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI named him titular bishop of Felbes and auxiliary bishop of Montevideo. On February 11, 2014, Pope Francis promoted him to archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay. On 9 March 2014 on the occasion of his inauguration a Mass was held together with Archbishop emeritus Nicolás Cotugno and Apostolic Nuncio Anselmo Guido Pecorari; the Mass was attended by President José Mujica, Vice President Danilo Astori, former President Luis Alberto Lacalle, senator Pedro Bordaberry and the mayor of Montevideo Ana Olivera, among others.

Within the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay he has been put in charge of the Departments of the Missions and of the Laity.

Cardinal

Sturla was created a cardinal by Pope Francis on 14 February 2015. As Cardinal-Priest he was assigned the titular church of Santa Galla.

In April 2015 Sturla Berhouet was appointed a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, and Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

On 18 March 2020, Pope Francis named him a member of the Commission of Cardinals of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.

Selected works

• 1916–1917: Separación de la Iglesia y el Estado en el Uruguay, Instituto Teológico del Uruguay Mariano Soler, Libro Annual, 1993 (in Spanish)
• ¿Santa o de Turismo? Calendario y secularización en el Uruguay, Instituto Superior Salesiano, colección Proyecto Educativo, 2010 (in Spanish)

See also

• Cardinals created by Pope Francis

References

Additional sources

• Nolan, Stephanie (24 May 2018). "In secular Uruguay, a populist cardinal rallies the faithful and kicks off a feud". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

External links

• "Sturla Berhouet Card. Daniel Fernando, S.D.B." Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
• "Biographical information". Salesian news agency ANS (Rome). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
• "CV of Daniel Sturla, SDB" (in Spanish). Archdiocese of Montevideo.
• "Interview with Archbishop Sturla" (in Spanish). El Pais. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2014.