José Mazuelos Pérez Explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Most Reverend
José Mazuelos Pérez
Bishop of Canarias
Diocese:Canarias
Archdiocese:Seville
Predecessor:Francisco Cases Andreu
Ordination:17 March 1990
Consecration:16 June 2009
Consecrated By:Carlos Amigo Vallejo
Nationality:Spanish
Religion:Roman Catholic
Motto:Redemptor hominis Iesus Christus
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Jose Mazuelos Perez.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Redemptor hominis Iesus Christus

José Mazuelos Pérez (Born Seville 9 October 1960).[1] is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church, currently bishop of the diocese of Canarias (part of the Canary Islands) and previously he served as bishop of the diocese of Asidonia-Jerez.

Biography

After completing medical studies in 1983, he worked as a doctor in Osuna at the San Carlos de San Fernando Military Hospital in Cadiz.In 1985 he began his ecclesiastical studies at the Seminary of Seville. He was ordained a priest on 17 March 1990.He studied in Rome obtaining a degree (1995) and a doctorate (1998) in Moral Theology at the Pontifical Lateran University.[2]

On 19 March 2009, he was appointed bishop of Asidonia-Jerez de la Frontera by Pope Benedict XVI and was consecrated on 6 June 2009 in the cathedral of Jerez de la Frontera by Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo.[3]

On 6 July 2020, he was appointed bishop of the Canary Islands diocese of Canarias (which includes the islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuertaventura) he took possession of the see on 2 October 2020.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop José Mazuelos Pérez . Catholic Hierarchy . 9 June 2021.
  2. Web site: José Mazuelos Pérez es nombrado nuevo obispo de Jerez. 19 March 2009 . 7 July 2020. (in Spanish)
  3. Web site: La Catedral acogerá un 'Te Deum' de entrada libre. Jerez News. 19 February 2016. 2 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160302085948/http://www.jereznews.com/articulos/la-catedral-acoger%C3%A1-un-te-deum-de-entrada-libre. dead. (in Spanish)