Edmundo Valenzuela

Coat of arms of Edmundo Valenzuela

Bishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid SDB (born 19 November 1944) is a Roman Catholic missionary currently serving in Paraguay as the sixth Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Asunción. On February 13, 2006 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Vicar to Chaco Paraguayo, an area with a population of 18,000 but only 5 ordained priests. As a result of this appointment, he was consecrated to the episcopate 22 April 2006. Prior to this appointment, Valenzuela served as a high-profile missionary in Angola. Valenzuela was ordained a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1977.[1]

Following the resignation of Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Asunción Pastor Cuquejo due to age, Pope Francis appointed Valenzuela as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción on 6 November 2014, becoming the 44th bishop of Asuncion and the 6th metropolitan archbishop.[2] He received the archiepiscopal pallium of the hands of Pope Francis on 29 June 2015 at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid". Catholic Hierarchy.
  2. ↑
    • "Rinunce e nomine, 06.11.2014 | Rinuncia e Successione dell'Arcivescovo di Asunción (Paraguay)" [Resignations and Appointments, 6 November 2014 | Resignation and Succession of Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)]. Holy See Press Office (in Italian). 6 November 2014.
    • "Edmundo Valenzuela será el sucesor de Pastor Cuquejo" [Edmundo Valenzuela will be the successor of Pastor Cuquejo]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 8 November 2014.
    • "El Papa nombra a Mons. Edmundo Valenzuela como nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Pope appoints Bishop Edmundo Valenzuela as new Archbishop of Asunción]. InfoCatólica (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
    • "Valenzuela es nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Valenzuela is new Archbishop of Asunción]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
    • "El papa nombra a Edmundo Valenzuela nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Pope appoints Edmundo Valenzuela as new Archbishop of Asuncion]. Radio Intereconomía (in Spanish). 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
    • "El papa nombra a Edmundo Valenzuela nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Pope appoints Edmundo Valenzuela as new Archbishop of Asuncion]. lainformacion.com (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "46 Arzobispos recibieron el palio de manos del Papa" [46 Archbishops received the pallium from the hands of the Pope]. Sistema de Información de la Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara (in Spanish). 3 July 2015.



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