José Míguez Bonino, liberation theologian

Liberation theologian José Míguez Bonino died July 1 in Buenos Aires at the age of 88.

Míguez’s contribution to liberation theology had a strong impact in Latin America and beyond, said Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC.

Míguez served as WCC president from 1975 and 1983 and was one of the editors of the Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement. He earned a doctorate in theology in 1959 from Union Theological Seminary in New York. For several decades, Míguez was a professor and director of the Instituto Superior Evangelico de Estudios Teologicos (ISEDET).