Félix Lázaro Martínez

Félix Lázaro Martínez, Sch.P., (born 2 March 1936) is a Spanish-born prelate who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce. Lázaro was ordained to serve as the Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce on 25 April 2002, and was elevated to bishop of the diocese on 11 June 2003.[1] He retired on 22 December 2015 and was succeeded by Rubén González Medina, the Bishop of Caguas.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lázaro and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Félix Lázaro Martínez

Sch.P.
Bishop Emeritus of Ponce
Félix Lázaro Martínez, Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 2012
ArchdioceseSan Juan
DiocesePonce
Appointed20 March 2002 (Coadjutor)
Installed11 June 2003
Term ended22 December 2015
PredecessorRicardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras
SuccessorRubén González Medina
Orders
Ordination9 April 1961
Consecration25 April 2002
by Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras, Timothy Broglio, and Iñaki Mallona Txertudi
Personal details
Born (1936-03-02) 2 March 1936
Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Previous postCoadjutor Bishop of Ponce (2002-2003)
MottoBonitas justitia veritas
Styles of
Félix Lázaro Martínez
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Life

Lázaro was born in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, on 2 March 1936. He entered the Piarist Fathers, who are dedicated to education, for which he was ordained a Catholic priest on 9 April 1961. In the summer of 1970 he was sent to serve in Puerto Rico to teach at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. He later became Dean of the College of the Arts and Humanities of the university.[2]

Pope John Paul II appointed Lázaro the coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce on 20 March 2002, for which he was ordained a bishop by the Bishop of Ponce, Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras.[3] Upon the retirement of Suriñach on 11 June of the following year, he automatically succeeded as bishop of the diocese.

Honors

On 12 December 2013, Lázaro Martínez was honored with a ceremony and added to the list of illustrious Ponce citizens at the Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens in Ponce's Tricentennial Park.[4]

See also

References
  1. Catholic-Hierarchy.org retrieved May 20, 2011
  2. "Bula de S.S. Juan Pablo II". Diócesis de Ponce (in Spanish).
  3. Reconocen a 22 ‘Ponceños Ilustres’. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. Reconocen a 22 ‘Ponceños Ilustres’. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras		 Bishop of Ponce
2003-2015		 Succeeded by
Rubén González Medina
Preceded by
-		 Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce
2002-2003		 Succeeded by
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