Carlos Simón Vázquez

Carlos Simón Vázquez (born June 2, 1965 in Cáceres , Spain ) is a Spanish Roman Catholic clergyman , theologian and bioethicist . Since 2017 he has been a board member of the Pontifical Academy for Life .

Life

Carlos Simón Vázquez studied medicine and surgery at the University of Navarra . He then completed a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome . In 1995 he received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Coria-Cáceres through Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos . He worked in pastoral care in Cañaveral (Spain) in the province of Cáceres . At the same time he was professor of moral theology at the Instituto Teológico “San Pedro de Alcántara” (ITPA) in Coria, western Spain, and at the Institute for Religious Studies of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Instituto de Ciencias Religiosas Nuestra Señora) in Estremadura . He was also visiting professor in the master’s program in bioethics at the Sociedad Andaluza in Córdoba and at the Facultad de Teología del Norte de España in Burgos . Simón Vázquez is the author of various books on bioethics and the coordinator of the first Spanish dictionary of bioethics.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on February 9, 2008 as Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family .

With the dissolution of the Pontifical Council for the Family on September 1, 2016, he was appointed head of the Department for Family and Life in the new Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life . On August 5, 2017, Pope Francis appointed him a board member of the Pontifical Academy for Life .

Fonts

Diccionario de bioética , Monte Carmelo 2006, ISBN 978-8483530078
Nuevo diccionario de bioética , Monte Carmelo 2012 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-8483534755

Web links

Entry on Carlos Simón Vázquez on gcatholic.org (English)

Individual evidence

↑ New undersecretary appointed for the Pontifical Council for the Family - Central Task Area Protection of Life and Bioethics , in: catholic.info of February 12, 2008, accessed on April 18, 2020.
^ Nomina del Sotto-Segretario del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia , in: Press Office of the Holy See : Daily Bulletin of February 9, 2008.
^ Nomina di Membri del Consiglio Direttivo della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, August 5, 2017, accessed August 5, 2017 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Vázquez, Carlos Simón
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish Roman Catholic clergyman, theologian and bioethicist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 2, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cáceres , Spain

[1] New undersecretary appointed for the Pontifical Council for the Family - Central Task Area Protection of Life and Bioethics , in: catholic.info of February 12, 2008, accessed on April 18, 2020.

[2] Nomina del Sotto-Segretario del Pontificio Consiglio per la Famiglia , in: Press Office of the Holy See : Daily Bulletin of February 9, 2008.

[3] Nomina di Membri del Consiglio Direttivo della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, August 5, 2017, accessed August 5, 2017 (Italian).