Vicente Jiménez Zamora

Vicente Jiménez Zamora.
Coat of arms of Vicente Jiménez Zamora.

Vicente Jiménez Zamora is a Spanish Catholic, prior Bishop of Osma-Soria and current Archbishop in the Archdiocese of Saragossa and Santander.

Career

He was born Ágreda, Soria, on 28 January 1944. He graduated in philosophy from the University Pontificia of Thomas Aquinas, in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and specialized in Moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy.[1] (1964-1966)[2] and Rome.[3][4] Between 1970 and 1974 he was Professor at the Diocesan Seminary of the Burgo de Osma, Soria (1974-1988) and was priest in several parishes of Soria and acted as Diocesan Director of education (1978-1985), Diocesan delegate of the clergy (1985-1992), vicar Pastoral (1988-1993), episcopal Vicar for the Diocesan Synod (1994-1998), Cannon of the Cathedral of Soria and the Diocesan School of theology Professor.[5]

He was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Osma-Soria in 2001 and later administrator, until it took possession on July 17, 2004, as Bishop of this diocese under the papacy of John Paul II,[6] and on July 27, 2007 was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Santander by Benedict XVI,[7] taking possession on September 9.[8] On March 29, 2014 he was appointed member of the Congregation for institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life by father Francisco. On December 12, 2014 he was appointed Archbishop of Zaragoza,[9] taking possession of the Archdiocese on December 21.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "DM27072007", Vicente Jiménez Zamora, nuevo obispo de Santander, 27 de July 2007.
  2. ↑ El obispo tomará posesión de la Diócesis el 9 de septiembre. retrieved 4 August 2007.
  3. ↑ El Diario Montañésname, Jiménez Zamora, posible nuevo obispo de Santander 22 July 2007.
  4. ↑ Archbishop Vicente Jiménez Zamora at Catholic Hierarchy.
  5. ↑ Nuevas tecnologías en la Catedral de Santander fecha=6 de septiembre de 2007.
  6. ↑ "DM27072007", Vicente Jiménez Zamora, nuevo obispo de Santander, 27 July 2007.
  7. ↑ "DM27072007", Vicente Jiménez Zamora, nuevo obispo de Santander, 27 July 2007.
  8. ↑ "DM27072007, Esta tarde, solemne toma de posesión del nuevo obispo de Santander fecha 9 de septiembre de 2007.
  9. ↑ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,655
  10. ↑ Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza at GCatholic.
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