Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández
Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández OAR (born September 22, 1952 in Monachil ) is a Spanish religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Rio Branco in Brazil.
Life
Joaquín Pertíñez Fernández attended elementary school in his hometown and high school in Granada . He then studied pedagogy in Granada and completed his studies in 1971 with the teaching examination and the academic degree of "profesor de Educación General Básica". In the following year he joined the order of the Augustinian recollects . He was ordained a priest on July 16, 1978 .
From 1978 to 1988 he was active in the training of aspirants of his order. From 1988 to 1998 he worked in the Lábrea Mission in the Brazilian state of Amazonas . In 1998 he was appointed Provincial of the Costa Rica Delegation based in Cartago .
Just a year later, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Rio Branco on February 24, 1999. His predecessor, Moacyr Grechi OSM , who has meanwhile been appointed Archbishop of Porto Velho , gave him episcopal ordination on May 30 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo OAR, Bishop of Tianguá , and Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa OAR, Prelate of Lábrea .
Motto
As a motto he chose Ad maiorem dilectionem ( Latin for greater love ), a quote from the book De justitia et jure by Domingo de Soto .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c d Pertíñez Fernandez, Mons. Joaquín , accessed January 8, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Domingo de Soto: De justitia et jure , liber decimus, quaestio secunda, articulus secundus, ad primum.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Moacyr Grechi OSM |
Bishop of Rio Branco since 1999 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pertíñez Fernández, Joaquín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Rio Branco in Brazil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Monachil |