Luis Manresa Formosa
Luis Manresa y Formosa SJ (born April 8, 1915 in Guatemala City , Guatemala , † December 25, 2010 in Quetzaltenango , Guatemala) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Quetzaltenango .
Life
Luis Manresa Formosa joined the religious order of the Society of Jesus and was ordained a priest on July 29, 1948 in Barcelona .
1955 he was by Pope Pius XII. appointed second bishop of the Quetzaltenango diocese. The episcopal ordination donated to him on January 6, 1956 Archbishop Gennaro Verolino , Apostolic Nuncio in Guatemala and El Salvador. From 1962 to 1965, Luis Manresa Formosa was the council father of all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . Among other things, he was Vice-President of CELAM and from 1972 to 1979 second Vice-President of the Latin American Bishops' Council.
From 1981 to 1992 he was Rector of the Rafael Landívar University (URL) . The Institute for Musicology was named after him at the URL.
His resignation was granted in 1979 by Pope John Paul II . He was buried in the crypt of Quetzaltenango Cathedral.
Individual evidence
- ↑ “El renombrado Instituto de Musicología” , Rafael Landívar University , July 1, 2007
- ↑ José Racancoj: “Sepultan a Monseñor. Monseñor Luis Manresa Formosa falleció a los 95 años “ , El Quetzalteco, accessed on December 28, 2010
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge García Cabalieros |
Bishop of Quetzaltenango 1955–1979 |
Oscar Garcia Urizar |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manresa Formosa, Luis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luis Manresa y Formosa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Guatemalan clergyman, Bishop of Quetzaltenango, Los Altos in Guatemala |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guatemala City , Guatemala |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2010 |
| Place of death | Quetzaltenango , Guatemala |