José Arranz Arranz (17 February 1930 – 12 March 2018), was a Spanish priest,

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between 1986 and 1998 and founder of the bank Caja Rural in

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Early life and education

He studied ecclesiastical studies at the diocesan Seminary of

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. Later he received a licentiate in theology and philosophy from the

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; in philosophy and letters from the

University of Navarra The University of Navarra is a private Catholic research university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of '' Opus Dei'', as a corporat ...

; and the doctorate in art history in

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and from the

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Career

On 31 August 1952, he received the priestly ordination from the Bishop of Osma-Soria, Saturnino Rubio Montiel in the

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. His first pastoral commission took him to the Castilian municipalities of

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and

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. Later he attended other parishes in the area: Burgo de Osma (1955-1963), Barcebal, Barcebalejo, Berzosa, Quintanilla de Tres Barrios, Rejas de San Esteban and Sotos del Burgo. He was also entrusted with the chaplaincy of the monastery of the Carmelite Mothers in Burgo de Osma and the public "Associación Pública de Fieles Reparadores de Nuestra Señora la Virgen de los Dolores", in

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. He was appointed Episcopal representative of Catechesis and Religious Teaching (1959-1976), Episcopal Art Delegate (1970-1994), canon of the Cathedral of Burgo de Osma (1986-1998), and president of the Cabildo. He devoted a good part of his life to teaching at the Colegio de San Vicente de Paúl in El Burgo and the seminary Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

Later life

He knew how to reconcile his priestly work with other activities such as: the management of the artistic heritage of the diocese, the impulse and diffusion of the apparitions of the Virgen del Escorial, and the foundation and impulse of Caja Rural de

Credit Union, who gave him an homage in 2016.Homenaje de Caja Rural de Soria a 50 años de dedicación de José Arranz
He died in the residence of Nuestra Señora de la Luz of Torralba del Moral, on 12 March 2018. His funeral was held at the Cathedral of El Burgo, presided over by the Bishop of Osma-Soria, Abilio Martínez Varea.

References

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