Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras
Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras OFMCap (born January 23, 1951 in La Pedregoza ) is a Colombian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Barinas .
Life
Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras entered the religious order of the Capuchin one, put the eternal profession on 15 August 1977, received on 10 December 1977, the sacrament of Holy Orders .
On 6 December 1995 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Leptiminus and Vicar Apostolic of Caroní . The Archbishop of Mérida , Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo , donated him episcopal ordination on January 20 the next year ; Co- consecrators were Ramón Ovidio Pérez Morales , Archbishop of Maracaibo , and Felipe González González OFMCap, Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Machiques on April 9, 2011 . On December 21, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Barinas. The inauguration took place on March 15 of the following year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Barinas (Venezuela). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 21, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 (Italian).
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Santiago Pérez Sánchez |
Vicar Apostolic of Caroní 1995–2011 |
Felipe González González OFMCap |
Ramiro Díaz Sánchez OMI |
Bishop of Machiques 2011–2018 |
Nicolás Gregorio Nava Rojas |
José Luis Azuaje Ayala |
Bishop of Barinas since 2018 |
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SURNAME | Guerrero Contreras, Jesús Alfonso |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Barinas |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | La Pedregoza |