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José Siro González Bacallao
José Siro González Bacallao (December 9, 1930 – July 19, 2021) was a Cuban Roman Catholic priest and prelate. He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinar del Río, based in the city of Pinar del Río, from 1982 until 2006. He remained bishop emeritus until his death in 2021. González was born to a poor family on December 9, 1930, in the town of Candelaria, Pinar del Río Province (now located in present-day Artemisa Province since 2011). He enrolled in San Carlos y San Ambrosio seminary in Havana when he was just 12-years old to become a diocesan priest. He spent one year (1944–1945) at San Carlos y San Ambrosio before transferring to Seminario El Buen Pastor (Good Shephard Seminary), where he completed his training. He was ordained as a Catholic priest on February 28, 1945. He celebrated his first mass on March 7, 1945, in Candelaria. He was appointed pastor of the San Juan y Martínez parish in 1957, where he served for a total of twenty-two years, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Priest
The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the holy orders of the Catholic Church. Technically, bishops are a priestly order as well; however, in common English usage ''priest'' refers only to presbyters and pastors (parish priests). The church's doctrine also sometimes refers to all baptised members (inclusive of the laity) as the " common priesthood", which can be confused with the ministerial priesthood of the ordained clergy. The church has different rules for priests in the Latin Church–the largest Catholic particular church–and in the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. Notably, priests in the Latin Church must take a vow of celibacy, whereas most Eastern Catholic Churches permit married men to be ordained. Deacons are male and usually belong to the diocesan clergy, but, unlike almost all Latin Church (Western Catholic) priests and all bishops from Eastern or Western Catholicism, they may marry as laymen b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
