Cardinal Nicol�s de Jes�s L�pez Rodr�guez as of 2014 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 Ram�rez 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. L�pez Rodr�guez 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. 

October 31st, 1936 in Dominican Republic (Age 88)