What is Jorge María Mejía?
'''Jorge María Mejía''' (31 January 1923 – 9 December 2014) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] of the [[Catholic Church]] ([[Roman Rite]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Cardinals Ask More Sharing Of Power And Debate |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30711FC3B590C778EDDAC0894D9404482 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 May 2001 |accessdate=13 November 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was born in [[Buenos Aires]]. On 21 February 2001, Mejía was appointed as [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal-Deacon]] of ''[[San Girolamo della Carità]]'' by [[Pope John Paul II]] in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]]. On 13 March 2013, Mejía suffered a heart attack on the same day his fellow Argentine [[Jorge Bergoglio|Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio]] was elected as [[Pope Francis]], the 266th [[pontiff]] of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theolympian.com/2013/03/15/2462957/retired-argentine-cardinal-has.html|title=Pope visits ailing Argentine cardinal in hospital|publisher=The Olympian|accessdate=March 15, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cardinal Mejía died in Rome on 9 December 2014 at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pt.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/12/09/faleceu_o_cardeal__jorge_mej%C3%ADa_funeral_quinta-feira_/1114076|title=Faleceu o Cardeal Jorge Mejía. Funeral quinta-feira em São Pedro|publisher=Radio Vaticana (Portuguese)|accessdate=December 9, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023400/http://pt.radiovaticana.va/news/2014/12/09/faleceu_o_cardeal__jorge_mej%C3%ADa_funeral_quinta-feira_/1114076|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mejia, Jorge Maria}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:People from Buenos Aires]] {{bio-stub}}