José María Izuzquiza Herranz

José María Izuzquiza Herranz SJ (born November 22, 1925 in Madrid ; † April 26, 2011 ) was a Spanish religious and apostolic vicar of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier .

Life

José María Izuzquiza Herranz, ninth from a family of twelve children who entered religious order of Jesuits on September 29, 1943 at Aranjuez. He studied Classical Humanities and Philosophy in Chamartín de la Rosa, Madrid. He made perpetual profession on August 15, 1951 and was sent to Peru by his order. He was a physics teacher at the Colegio de la Inmaculada in Lima. After studying theology in Spain and England, he was ordained a priest in England on July 31, 1958 . He studied physics in Cleveland , Ohio, and received a pastoral degree from the University of Detroit . He was then a teacher in Cusco in Peru and a professor of physics at the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco and provincial of his order in Peru. He was Vicar General of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on March 30, 1987 Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier and Titular Bishop of Cubda . The apostolic nuncio in Peru Luigi Dossena donated him episcopal ordination on June 7 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Augusto Vargas Alzamora SJ, Apostolic Vicar Emeritus of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier, and Antonio de Hornedo Correa SJ, Bishop of Chachapoyas .

On November 21, 2001, John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Augusto Vargas Alzamora SJ	Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier 1987-2001	Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ

personal data
SURNAME	Izuzquiza Herranz, José María
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop, Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
DATE OF BIRTH	November 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Madrid
DATE OF DEATH	April 26, 2011