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Fernando Cardenal was born on 26 January, 1934 in Nicaragua, is a Nicaraguan Jesuit and liberation theologian. Discover Fernando Cardenal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?
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Fernando Cardenal Net Worth
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Fernando Cardenal Martínez (26 January 1934 – 20 February 2016) was a Nicaraguan Jesuit and liberation theologian.
Fernando Cardenal was born into a wealthy and influential family in Granada, Nicaragua, as the fifth son of Rodolfo Cardenal and Esmeralda Martinez.
One of his brothers is Ernesto Cardenal, a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet and politician.
In September 1979, Cardenal traveled to Cuba to study the success of the Cuban literacy campaign, which Cardenal described as a source of admiration and enthusiasm for Cardenal.
Following the visit, Cardenal invited Cuban literacy experts to Nicaragua to provide Sandinista literacy campaign organizers with support and technical assistance.
Because of his ties to the leftist Sandinistas and liberation theology, he was forced to leave the Society of Jesus, and, together with his brother Ernesto, he had his priesthood suspended directly by Pope John Paul II.
In 1980, Cardenal led the Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign, a Sandinista effort that succeeded in teaching basic literacy to more than half a million people with the help of 60,000 young volunteers.
Fernando Cardenal was a director at the Fe y Alegría organization in Managua, Nicaragua.
Born in Granada, Nicaragua, he served as Minister of Education from 1984 to 1990, during the Sandinista era.
In an open letter published in 1984 he wrote: "I cannot conceive of a God that would ask me to abandon my commitment to the people […] From my point of view, and from my personal experience, it is possible to live […] simultaneously (in) fidelity to the church as a Jesuit and as a priest, and also devote myself to the service of the poor in Nicaragua from within the Sandinista revolution."
Cardenal left political office in 1990, and was subsequently reinstated into the Jesuit order in 1997.
He was readmitted as a Jesuit and resumed activities as a priest in 1997, after four years had passed since he renounced his membership in the Sandinista National Liberation Front (the Sandinistas).
Cardenal helped to provide education for the poor in Nicaragua.
Cardenal made several visits to Jesuit universities in the United States, including the University of Detroit Mercy in 2013, and the John Carroll University in 2014.
He talked there about his commitment to help the poor and his experience as a Jesuit priest and liberation theologian during the Nicaraguan Revolution.
He gave several interviews to discuss his involvement in the Nicaraguan Revolution as a minister of education, his commitment to the poor, and the state of education in Nicaragua which links to his involvement in Fe y Alegría.
He gave an interview to an undergraduate student at Georgetown University in 2014.
Cardenal died in Managua on February 20, 2016.
His funeral was held February 21, 2016 at the Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua.
