Carmen Ros Nortes,

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(born 20 November 1953) is a Spanish nun and missionary, current Undersecretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the department of the Roman Curia, the administrative institution of the

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since 23 February 2018, when was appointed by

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Biography

Ros was born on 20 December 1953 in the Espinardo neighborhood of Murcia, Spain. She joined the and made her perpetual vows on 19 January 1986. In Spain, she qualified in Human Sciences and Catechetical Pedagogy and got a degree in Theology specialized in Mariology for the Pontifical Theological Faculty "Marianum" (Rome) in 1985. She has served in various offices within her Order and worked as a missionary in

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. On 1 January 1992, she joined the staff of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and worked in several of its departments, including as a teacher in its ''Studium'', its school of theology and law for consecrated life.LA ESPAÑOLA SOR CARMEN ROS NORTES, SUBSECRETARIA DE LA CIVCSVA
She was the Congregation's special envoy to the seventh Latin American and Caribbean Encounter for Consecrated Life in Quito, Ecuador, in 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nortes, Carmen Ros 1953 births Living people Women officials of the Roman Curia 20th-century Spanish nuns Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries Female Roman Catholic missionaries People from Murcia 21st-century Spanish nuns