Francisco José Cox

Francisco José Cox
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of La Serena
In office1990 to 1997
PredecessorManuel Gerardo Donoso
SuccessorBernardino Piñera
Orders
Ordination16 July 1961
Consecration2 March 1975
Laicized11 October 2018
Personal details
BornFrancisco José Cox Huneeus
(1933-12-18)18 December 1933
Died12 August 2020(2020-08-12) (aged 86)
NationalityChilean
DenominationCatholicism

Francisco José Cox Huneeus (18 December 1933 – 12 August 2020) was a native of Chile and a former archbishop of the Catholic Church. He was a member of the Schoenstatt Movement. He was Bishop of Chillán from 1975 to 1981 and Coadjutor Archbishop of La Serena from 1985 to 1990 and Archbishop there from 1990 to 1997, when he resigned following accusations that he had sexually abused young boys. He was laïcized in 2018.

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