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Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church.He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Miguel Argentina and Madrid. He continued his studies in Granada Spain and the University of San Marcos Lima where he received his doctorate in education. Pope Paul VI appointed him titular bishop of Cissi and apostolic vicar of Jaén Peru on 8 June 1978.