Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver Explained

Type:Bishop
Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver
Bishop Emeritus of Ponce
Church:Catholic
Diocese:Ponce
Term:1964–2000
Predecessor:Luis Aponte Martinez
Successor:Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras
Ordination:10 April 1950
Consecration:21 December 1964
Consecrated By:Cardinal Francis Spellman
Birth Date:1925 10, df=y
Birth Place:San Germán, Puerto Rico
Death Place:Ponce, Puerto Rico
Buried:Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver.svg

Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver (28 October 1925  - 26 January 2012)[1] was a Puerto Rican prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the longest-serving bishop for the Diocese of Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with 36 years of service from 1964 to 2000.

Priesthood and episcopacy

Torres Oliver was ordained priest in Ponce at age 24, on 10 April 1950. He was appointed bishop of Ponce on 4 November 1964 at age 39 and was consecrated on 21 December 1964. He retired as bishop of Ponce at age 75, on 10 November 2000, after a 36-year episcopate. He was a bishop emeritus of the diocese of Ponce.[1]

From 1983 to 1994, Torres Oliver was president of the Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña, CEP (Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference).[2]

One of Torres Oliver's most controversial decisions was the one he made in early January 1974. At the death of Isabel la Negra he refused to admit her body into the Ponce Cathedral or to administer her the holy sacraments posthumously.[3]

Legacy

The School of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is named after him.[4]

Death

Torres Oliver died in Ponce on 26 January 2012 at the age of 86.[1] His death was the result of a heart attack.[5] His remains will be rest at the Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Ponce.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver . . May 20, 2011 . 9 October 2022.
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ponc0.htm Diocese of Ponce: Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver.
  3. José Ángel Cangiano. Receso del tribunal: vivencias judiciales. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editoria Centenario. 2007. Page 11.
  4. http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3411:brilla-la-navidad-en-la-catolica-de-ponce&catid=119:articulos&Itemid=342 Comparte La Católica su ilusión navideña.
  5. Web site: Muere Obispo Emérito de Ponce Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver . Primera Hora . San Juan. Puerto Rico . 26 January 2012 . 27 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120511105500/http://www.primerahora.com/muereobispoemeritodeponcejuanfremiottorresoliver-607064.html . 11 May 2012.