Félix Lázaro Martínez
Félix Lázaro Martínez | |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Ponce | |
 Félix Lázaro Martínez, Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 2012 | |
| Archdiocese | San Juan |
| Diocese | Ponce |
| Appointed | 20 March 2002 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | 11 June 2003 |
| Term ended | 22 December 2015 |
| Predecessor | Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras |
| Successor | Rubén González Medina |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 9 April 1961 |
| Consecration | 25 April 2002 by Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras, Timothy Broglio, and Iñaki Mallona Txertudi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1936 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain |
| Previous post(s) | Coadjutor Bishop of Ponce (2002-2003) |
| Motto | Bonitas justitia veritas |
| Styles of Félix Lázaro Martínez | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
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.
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[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ Catholic-Hierarchy.org retrieved May 20, 2011
- ^ "Bula de S.S. Juan Pablo II". Diócesis de Ponce (in Spanish).
- ^ Reconocen a 22 ‘Ponceños Ilustres’. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Reconocen a 22 ‘Ponceños Ilustres’. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
External links[]
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponce (Official Site in Spanish)
Episcopal succession[]
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- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Logroño
- Piarists
- Spanish emigrants to Puerto Rico
- Spanish Roman Catholic missionaries
- Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico faculty
- Clergy from Ponce
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Puerto Rico
- Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II
- Roman Catholic bishops of Ponce