Adalberto Arturo Rosat

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Adalberto Arturo Rosat OFM (born January 22, 1934 in Cles in Trentino-Alto Adige , † January 31, 2015 in Casa Guadalupe, Bolivia ) was prelate of Aiquile .

Life

Adalberto Arturo Rosat entered the religious order of the Franciscans in and received on 13 July 1958, the priestly ordination . In 1959 he came as a missionary to the Basilica Virgen de Copacabana in Copacabana , the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in Bolivia . As a Fidei donum missionary, he was committed to helping the next generation of priests. Adalberto Arturo Rosat dealt intensively with the indigenous people, in particular the indigenous language varieties such as Quechua . He developed a Quechua / Castilian dictionary .

Pope John Paul II appointed him Prelate of Aiquile on November 22, 1986 . The Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia , Archbishop Santos Abril y Castelló , donated him episcopal ordination on February 1 of the following year ; Co- consecrators were Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo SDB , Archbishop of Cochabamba , and Jacinto Eccher OFM, Prelate Emeritus of Aiquile. His episcopal motto was En el nombre de Cristo Jesús, nuestra esperanza (In the name of Jesus Christ. Our hope).

On March 25, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related resignation.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b “Retornó a la Casa del Padre Mons. Adalberto Rosat " ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Orden Franciscana Seglar en México, January 31, 2015 (Spanish)
  2. ^ Adalberto Rosat "Adalberto Rosat. Vida y obras de un gran obispo que silenciosamente dio rostro boliviano a su iglesia de Aiquile " ( Memento from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), February 2, 2015 (Spanish)
predecessor Office successor
Jacinto Eccher OFM Prelate of Aiquile
1986-2009
Jorge Herbas Balderrama OFM