Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Antonio Montero Moreno | |
Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida-Badajoz | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Mérida-Badajoz |
See: | Mérida-Badajoz |
Appointed: | 12 October 1994 |
Term End: | 9 July 2004 |
Predecessor: | Post created |
Successor: | Santiago García Aracil |
Ordination: | 19 May 1951 |
Consecration: | 17 May 1969 |
Consecrated By: | José Bueno y Monreal |
Birth Date: | 1928 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Churriana de la Vega, Spain |
Death Place: | Seville, Spain |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical University of Salamanca Pontifical Gregorian University |
Coat Of Arms: | Escudo de Antonio Montero Moreno.svg |
Motto: | Parare Vias Domini |
Antonio Montero Moreno (28 August 1928 – 16 June 2022) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate.
Montero Moreno was born in Churriana de la Vega and was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville and was titular bishop of Regiana from 1969 to 1980. Montero then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Badajoz, Spain. from 1980 to 1994. He then served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain, from 1994 until his retirement in 2004.[1]