José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán

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José Luis Cardinal Lacunza Maestrojuán OAR (born February 24, 1944 in Pamplona ) is Bishop of David in Panama .

Life

José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán joined the order of the Augustinian Recollects and was ordained a priest on July 13, 1969 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Panama and titular bishop of Partenia on December 30, 1985 . The Apostolic Nuncio in Panama , José Sebastián Laboa Gallego , donated him episcopal ordination on January 18 of the next year ; Co- consecrators were Marcos Gregorio McGrath CSC , Archbishop of Panama, and José Agustín Ganuza García OAR, Prelate of Bocas del Toro . As a motto he chose Praesumus si prosumus .

On October 29, 1994 he was appointed Bishop of Chitré . On July 2, 1999, he was named bishop of David .

In the solemn consistory of February 14, 2015, Pope Francis accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Giuseppe da Copertino in the college of cardinals .

Memberships

Cardinal Maestrojuán is a member of the following organizations of the Roman Curia :

• Congregation for Catholic Education (since 2015)
• Pontifical Council for Culture (since 2015)
• Pontifical Commission for Latin America (since 2015)

Web links

• Entry on José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli o Diaconie. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 14, 2015, accessed February 15, 2015 (Italian). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, April 13, 2015, accessed April 18, 2015 (Italian). 
3. ^ Nomina di Membri della Pontificia Commissione per l'America Latina. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, September 5, 2015, accessed September 6, 2015 (Italian). 

predecessor	Office	successor
José María Carrizo Villarreal	Bishop of Chitré 1994–1999	Fernando Torres Durán
Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez	Bishop of David since 1999	---