René Fernández Apaza
René Fernández Apaza (born January 9, 1924 in Padilla , † August 14, 2013 in Cochabamba ) was Archbishop of Cochabamba .
Life
René Fernández Apaza received in the November 28, 1948 Buenos Aires , the ordination .
Pope Paul VI appointed him on March 2, 1968 Bishop of Oruro . The Archbishop of Sucre José Clemente Cardinal Maurer CSsR donated him episcopal ordination on April 21 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Jorge Manrique Hurtado , Archbishop of La Paz , and Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo , Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra . On July 30, 1975 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed Archbishop of the Bolivian Military Ordinary; he resigned from this office on May 17, 1986.
On November 21, 1981 he was appointed coadjutor archbishop of Sucre by Pope John Paul II and succeeded Josef Clemens Cardinal Maurer on November 30, 1983 after his retirement as Archbishop of Sucre. On April 16, 1988 he was appointed Archbishop of Cochabamba . In the Bolivian Bishops' Conference he was, among other things, President of the Commission for Doctrine and Faith.
On July 8, 1999, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation. He died of a heart attack during morning mass in the chapel of his home in Cochabamba . He was buried in the Catedral de San Sebastián en Cochabamba .
Honors
- Gran Medalla de Oro of the city of Cochabamba (1998)
Web links
- Entry on René Fernández Apaza on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved August 15, 2013.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Jorge Manrique Hurtado |
Bishop of Oruro 1968–1981 |
Julio Terrazas Sandoval CSsR |
Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo |
Bishop of the Bolivian Military Ordinary 1975–1986 |
Mario Lezana Vaca |
Josef Clemens Maurer CSsR |
Archbishop of Sucre 1983–1988 |
Jesús Gervasio Pérez Rodríguez OFM |
Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo SDS |
Archbishop of Cochabamba 1988–1999 |
Tito Solari Capellari SDS |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fernández Apaza, René |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bolivian clergyman, Archbishop of Cochabamba |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Padilla |
DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 2013 |
Place of death | Cochabamba |