Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez

Who is Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez?

Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez as of 2013 was the archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

He was ordained on 18 March 1961 by Francisco Panal Ramírez OFM, bishop of La Vega. He served as Vicar cooperator of the cathedral of La Vega, 1961–1963. Further studies in Rome, 1963–1965. Chancellor and secretary of the diocesan curia of La Vega, 1966–1968. Further studies, Rome, 1968–1969. In the diocese of La Vega, 1969–1978, diocesan assessor for the pastoral of the youth and pastor of the cathedral, 1969–1970. Vicar for the pastoral and pro-vicar general, 1970–1976. Vicar general, 1976–1978.

López Rodríguez is also an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum from which he earned a licentiate in social science in 1965.

Besides his native Spanish, he speaks Italian, English, German, Portuguese and Latin.