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.
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.