Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M., (October 8, 1923 – May 6, 2013) was a

Peruvian Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian p ...

friar A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the ol ...

of the

Mercedarian Order The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives ( la, Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order es ...

who was made a

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 ca ...

of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. He wrote a number of works on the history of the Catholic Church and of his Order in Peru.

Life

Aparicio was born in

San Pedro de Lloc San Pedro de Lloc is a town in the La Libertad Region of northern Peru. It is the capital of the coastal Pacasmayo Province. It is located about 99 km north of the city of Trujillo. San Pedro de Lloc is also known to be the last place of resid ...

Pacasmayo Pacasmayo is a city in Northern Peru, in the Pacasmayo province, La Libertad Region. It is located 108 km north of Trujillo city. Transportation *Panamerican Highway, connects with north and south the country. *Pacasmayo Port, connects to t ...

, and later entered the

Mercedarian The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives ( la, Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order est ...

friars A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the o ...

. He was ordained a priest on September 22, 1951. Aparicio was appointed an auxiliary bishop for the

Archdiocese of Cuzco The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco ( la, Cuschen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

Vegesela in Numidia {{short description, Former Roman city and modern titular see in North Africa Vegesela (in Numidia) was an ancient city and former episcopal see in Roman North Africa and remains a Latin Church titular see of the Catholic Church. Its present locat ...

on December 11, 1978. He was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

a bishop on March 4, 1979 by

Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

Juan Landázuri Ricketts Juan Landázuri Ricketts (December 19, 1913, Arequipa, Peru – January 16, 1997, Lima, Peru) was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church took a strong ...

, O.F.M. Aparicio retired as an auxiliary bishop on April 10, 1999, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. He then took residence at the Mercedarian monastery in the city. He died on May 6, 2013, and was buried in the crypt of the cathedral.

Publications

* ''Los mercedarios en los concilios limenses'', 1973 * ''Valores humanos y religiosos del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega'', 1989 * ''Los Mercedarios en la Universidad de San Marcos de Lima'', 1999 * ''Homenaje al R.P. doctor Antonio San Cristóbal Sebastián'', Universidad Nacional de San Agustín 2000 * ''El clero y la rebelión de Túpac Amaru'', Band 1 von Colección Pachatusan 2000 * ''La orden de la Merced en el Perú: estudos históricos, Band 2'', Provincia Mercedaria del Perú 2001 * ''José Pérez Armendáriz: obispo del Cuzco y precursor de la independencia del Peru'', Band 3 von Colección Pachatusan 2002 * ''Siete obispos cuzqueños de la colonia'', Band 2 von Colección Pachatusan 2002

* ''Siervo de Dios P. Francisco Salamanca'', Band 4 von Colección Pachatusan 2006 * ''El arzobispo Goyoneche ante las dificultades de la iglesia del Perú antes las dificultades de la Iglesia del Perú, 1816-1872'', 2006

References

External links

Cuzco Archdiocese
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aparicio Quispe, Severo 1923 births 2013 deaths People from Pacasmayo Province Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Peru 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Peru 20th-century Roman Catholic titular bishops Peruvian non-fiction writers Historians of the Catholic Church Historians of monasticism Historians of Peru Burials in Peru Mercedarian bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Cusco

Life

Publications

See also

References

External links