Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar
Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar (14 March 1938 – 14 June 2022) was a Salvadoran Roman Catholic prelate. Cabrera Cuéllar was born in El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ... and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, from 1985 to his retirement in 2016. References 1938 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in El Salvador Roman Catholic bishops of Santiago de María Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II People from La Libertad Department (El Salvador) {{RC-bishop-stub ...
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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility b ...
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