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Manuel Ureña Pastor
Manuel Ureña Pastor (born 4 March 1945) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1988 and served as ordinary in Ibiza, Alcalá de Henares, and Cartagena before becoming Archbishop of Zaragoza, the position he held from 2005 until he retired in 2014. He resigned citing health problems, though later reports demonstrated his mishandling of a charge of harassment against one of his priests. Biography Manuel Ureña Pastor was born in Albaida, Valencia, on 4 March 1945. He attended the Escuela Nacional de Albaida from 1951 to 1959 and then entered the Metropolitan Seminary of Valencia in Moncada. He earned his licentiate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca in 1973. He was ordained a priest on 14 July 1973 in Valencia. He was a pastoral vicar for three years and then earned a doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifical University Angelicum in 1984. He became director of the in Burjassot. Pope John Paul II named him Bishop of Ib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mons
Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. The population grew quickly, trade flourished, and several commercial buildings were erected near the ''Grand’Place''. In 1814, King William I of the Netherlands increased the fortifications, following the fall of the First French Empire. The Industrial Revolution and coal mining made Mons a centre of heavy industry. In 1830, Belgium gained its independence and the decision was made to dismantle the fortifications, allowing the creation of large boulevards and other urban projects. On 2324 August 1914, Mons was the location of the Battle of Mons. The British were forced to retreat and the town remained occupied by the Germans until its liberation by the Canadian Corps during the final days of the war. There are several memorial placard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Tagliaferri
Mario Tagliaferri (1 June 1927 – 21 May 1999) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1970 and served as an Apostolic Nuncio from then until his death. Biography Mario Tagliaferri was born in Alatri (Frosinone), Italy, on 1 June 1927. He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1950. To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1952. He joined the diplomatic service in 1954 and his early assignments took him to the Dominican Republic, the United States, Canada and Brazil. On 5 March 1970, Pope Paul VI named him a titular archbishop and Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Central African Republic, as well as Apostolic Delegate to the Republic of the Congo and Chad. He received his episcopal consecration on 7 May from Cardinal Jean-Marie Villot. On 25 June 1975, Pope Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Cuba. On 15 December 1978, Pope John Paul II name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Births
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Russians. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive in Eastern Europe, against the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army. * January 13 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the East Prussian Offensive, to eliminate German forces in East Pruss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Jiménez Zamora
Vicente Jiménez Zamora (born 28 January 1944) is a Spanish people, Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Zaragoza from 2014 to 2020. He was Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria, Bishop of Osma-Soria from 2004 to 2007 and Bishop of Santander from 2007 to 2014. Biography He was born Ágreda, Soria, on 28 January 1944. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, and specialized in moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy. (1964-1966) and Rome. From 1970 to 1974 he was professor at the Diocesan Seminary of the Burgo de Osma, Soria (1974-1988) and was priest in several parishes of Soria and acted as Diocesan Director of education (1978-1985), Diocesan delegate of the clergy (1985-1992), ''vicar Pastoral'' (1988-1993), episcopal Vicar for the Diocesan Synod (1994-1998), Canon (priest), Canon of the Cathedral of Soria and the Diocesan Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor as a young man before training to be a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe illness, he was inspired to join the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Episcopal Conference
The Spanish Episcopal Conference ( es, Conferencia Episcopal Española, ca, Conferència Episcopal Espanyola) is an administrative institution composed of all the bishops of the dioceses of Spain and Andorra, in communion with the Roman Pontiff and under his authority. Its purpose is the joint exercise certain pastoral functions of the episcopate on the faithful of their territory, under common law and statutes, in order to promote the life of the Church, to strengthen its mission of evangelization and respond more effectively to the greater good that the Church should seek to men. Base teacher The documents that outline the life and work of the 113 Episcopal Conferences currently in the world, are: ''Lumen gentium'' (23), ''Christus Dominus'' (37-38), '' Ecclesiae Imago'' (211), '' Sanctae Ecclesiae'' (41), '' Apostolos Suos'' and the 1983 Code of Canon Law ( cn. 447-459). The Spanish Episcopal Conference was constituted by rescript of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation, prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy See Press Office
The Holy See Press Office ( la, Sala Stampa Sanctae Sedis; it, Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, links=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/) publishes the official news of the activities of the Pope and of the various departments of the Roman Curia. All speeches, messages, documents, as well as the statements issued by the Director, are published in their entirety. Role The press office operates every day in Italian, although texts in other languages are also available. On Saturday 27 June 2015 Pope Francis, through an apostolic letter or ''motu proprio'' ("on his own initiative") established the Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia; the Press Office was incorporated into it, but at the same time belongs to the Secretary of State. On 21 December 2015 Pope Francis appointed Dr. Greg Burke, formerly the Communications Advisor for the Section for General Affairs of the Vatican's Secretariat of State of the Holy See (a key department in the Roman Curia), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Zaragoza
The Archdiocese of Saragossa ( la, Archidioecesis Caesaraugustana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza (Saragossa in English), part of the autonomous community of Aragón. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Saragossa, having metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Barbastro-Monzón, Huesca, Tarazona, and Teruel and Albarracín."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 '' |
Universidad Católica San Antonio De Murcia
The Universidad Católica San Antonio ("Saint Anthony Catholic University"), also known as the Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), is a private university located in Murcia in south-eastern Spain. Founded in 1996 by José Luis Mendoza Pérez, a lay Catholic, with the permission of Bishop Javier Azagra Labiano of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena, UCAM offers undergraduate and graduate academic programs taught by faculty and researchers engaged with the quality of the education provided. The university is characterized by a firm commitment to Catholic orthodoxy and the moral and social doctrines of the Church. UCAM aims to contribute to the transmission of human knowledge and the development of research, from the critical, responsible and creative freedom of the person, according to gospel principles. UCAM developed a system of quality management applied to teaching, research and services to ensure the human relations among all members of the university community in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Cartagena
The Diocese of Cartagena ( la, Carthaginen(sis) in Hispania) is the diocese of the city of Cartagena in the Ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain."Diocese of Cartagena" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ''''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 History * 1st century: Established as Diocese of CartagenaReports of Sex Abuse On 18 May 2020, Cartagena Bishop[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Alcalá De Henares
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares ( la, Compluten(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Alcalá de Henares in the Ecclesiastical province of Madrid in Spain. History An ancient diocese of '' Complutum'' (the current Alcala de Henares) was founded in the IV or V century but it was abolished under the muslim government (VIII-XI century) and not restored by the Christian Kings and its territory given to the Archdiocese of Toledo. In 1885 a Diocese of Madrid and Alcala (suffragan of Toledo) was founded, now the Archdiocese of Madrid. On July 23, 1991, it was established as Diocese of Alcalá de Henares from the Archdiocese of Madrid (as its suffragan diocese), with the latin name of ''Complutensis'' to remember the ancient diocese. Bishops * Manuel Ureña Pastor (23 July 1991 – 1 July 1998) * Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (27 April 1999 – 10 October 2008) * Juan Antonio Reig Pla (7 March 2009 – 21 September 2022) * Jesús Vidal (administrator) Escudo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Menorca
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Menorca ( la, Minoricen(sis)) is a diocese located in the island of Menorca in the Ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain. History It was established as the Diocese of Menorca in the 5th century. Leadership *Antonio Vila Campos (18 Dec 1797 – 20 Dec 1802) *Pedro Antonio Juano (20 Dec 1802 – 4 Jan 1814) *Santiago Creus Martí (11 Jul 1815 – 29 May 1820) *Antonio Ceruelo Sanz (30 May 1824 – 15 Jan 1831) *Juan Antonio Díez Merino, O.P. (26 Mar 1831 – 16 Apr 1844) *Tomás Roda Rodríguez (27 Sep 1852 – 20 Dec 1857) *Mateo Jaume Garau (21 Dec 1857 – 17 Sep 1875) *Manuel Mercader y Arroyo (17 Sep 1875 – 21 Feb 1890) *Juan Comes y Vidal (26 Jun 1890 – 25 Jun 1896) *Salvador Castellote y Pinazo (25 Jun 1896 – 26 Dec 1901) *Juan Torres Ribas (9 Jun 1902 – 20 Jan 1939) *Bartolomé Pascual Marroig (4 Mar 1939 – 18 Mar 1967) *Miguel Moncadas Noguera (11 Dec 1968 – 1 Apr 1977) *Antonio Deig Clotet (20 Sep 1977 – 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
