The Bishop of Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Planes, announced on Monday the appointments and dismissals of the diocese. This renewal is common at this time of year and the changes will be effective from September.
Two priests will travel abroad, ceasing their positions, to become missionaries. Another will be sent to Rome to continue his studies. Four parish priests will become retired and there are eleven renewals of the appointment of the vicars who form the Episcopal Council. This is the complete list of the priests who will take office or cease their positions for the next academic year 2022-2023:
1. Rev. D. Pablo Jareño López-Cuervo becomes a missionary of the IEME, ceasing as pastor of the parishes of Cristo de las Penas de Barqueros (Murcia) and Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fuente Librilla (Mula), and as chaplain of the Murcia II Penitentiary Center of Campos del Rio.
2. Rev. D. Alberto Martínez Pallarés is appointed parish priest of the parishes of Cristo de las Penas de Barqueros (Murcia) and Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fuente Librilla (Mula); and he ceases as parish priest of Our Lady of Antigua de Monteagudo (Murcia).
3. Rev. D. Carlos Casero Pérez is appointed parish priest of the parish of Nuestra Señora de la Antigua in Monteagudo (Murcia) and chaplain of the Reina Sofía General University Hospital in Murcia.
4. Rev. P. Emilio Martínez Torres, OFM, leaves the Diocese, ceasing as pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Wonders of Cehegín.
5. Rev. Fr. Miguel Castellanos Sotos, OFM, is leaving the Diocese, stepping down as parochial vicar of the parish of Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas de Cehegín.
6. Rev. D. Óscar Eduardo Toledo Arias is appointed parish priest of the parish of Our Lady of Wonders of Cehegín; and he ceases as parish priest of San Juan Bautista de Alquerías (Murcia).
7. Rev. D. Ángel Molina Casalins is appointed parish priest of the parish of San Juan Bautista de Alquerías (Murcia) and ceases as parish priest of San Diego de Lorca.
8. Rev. D. Diogo Estelio de Pinho Silva is appointed parish priest of the parishes of San Diego de Lorca and Santa Gertrudis de Marchena (Lorca); and he ceases as parish priest of the parishes of San Bartolomé de Ulea and Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Villanueva del Río Segura.
9. Rev. D. Nicolás Poyato Bernabé ceases as parish administrator of the parish of Cristo Rey de Lorca. He continues with the other charges.
10. Rev. D. Kenneth Chukwuka Iloabuchi is appointed pastor of the parish of Cristo Rey de Lorca; and he ceases as parish priest of the parishes of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of La Hoya and Hinojar (Lorca), and Santa Gertrudis de Marchena (Lorca). He continues as chaplain of the Hospital Rafael Méndez de Lorca.
11. Rev. D. Régulo Ginés Cayuela Lozano is appointed pastor of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in La Hoya and Hinojar (Lorca). He continues with the other charges.
12. Rev. D. Miguel Martínez Palazón ceases as parish priest of the parish of Santa Bárbara de Benizar (with Otos and Mazuza). He continues with the other charges.
13. Rev. D. José Fulgencio Aguilar Tárraga is appointed parish priest of the parish of Santa Bárbara de Benizar (with Otos and Mazuza); and he ceases as parish priest of La Purísima Concepción de Nerpio (Albacete). He continues with the other charges.
14. Rev. D. Luis Gomariz Hernández is appointed parish priest of the parish of San Vicente Mártir de Molina de Segura; and he ceases as parish priest of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Torrealta (Molina de Segura) and rector of the church of the Urbanization of Los Conejos de Torrealta.
15. Rev. D. Patrocinio Imperial García is appointed parish priest of the parish of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Torrealta (Molina de Segura) and rector of the church of the Urbanization of Los Conejos de Torrealta.
16. Rev. Mr. Jerónimo Sánchez Bernal becomes retired; ceasing as parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima de Murcia.
17. Rev. Joaquín Fulgencio Ferrando Ros-Olivares is appointed pastor of the parish of Our Lady of Fátima in Murcia and chaplain of the Reina Sofía General University Hospital in Murcia; and he ceases as parish priest of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (San Diego neighborhood) of Cartagena.
18. Rev. D. Pascual Saorín Camacho is appointed pastor of the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (San Diego neighborhood) of Cartagena; and he ceases as parish priest of the parishes of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Albudeite and San Juan Bautista de Puebla de Mula (Mula).
19. Rev. D. Ángel Martínez Puche is appointed parish priest of the parishes of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Albudeite and San Juan Bautista de Puebla de Mula (Mula), as well as chaplain of the Molina de Segura Hospital; and he ceases as a collaborator of the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Molina de Segura and as chaplain of the Hospital Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca in El Palmar (Murcia).
20. Rev. Mr. José Antonio López Urriza is appointed chaplain of the Hospital Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca in El Palmar (Murcia).
21. Rev. D. Juan Carlos García Domene is appointed by the Spanish Episcopal Conference director of the BAC; and he ceases as parish priest of the parish of San Lorenzo de Murcia. He continues as director of the San Fulgencio Theological Institute of Murcia.
22. Rev. D. Javier Crespo López is appointed parish priest of the parish of San Lorenzo de Murcia; and he ceases as parish priest of Santiago el Mayor de Murcia. He continues with the other charges.
23. Rev. D. Alberto José Guardia Valera is appointed parish priest of the parish of Santiago el Mayor de Murcia; and he ceases as parish priest of San Juan Bautista de Abarán.
24. Rev. D. Felipe Tomás Valero is appointed pastor of the parish of San Bautista de Abarán; and he ceases as parish priest of Santiago Apóstol de Lorquí.
25. Rev. D. Pascual Hellín Gil is appointed parish priest of the parish of Santiago Apóstol de Lorquí; and he ceases as parish priest of El Corpus Christi – La Purisima de Archena.
26. Rev. D. Juan María Moreno Belda is appointed pastor of the parish of El Corpus Christi – La Purísima de Archena; and he ceases as parish priest of the parishes of San Antonio de Padua de Almendricos (Lorca) and La Purisima de El Esparragal (Puerto Lumbreras).
27. Rev. D. Pedro Fernández López is appointed parish priest of the parishes of San Antonio de Padua de Almendricos (Lorca) and La Purísima de El Esparragal (Puerto Lumbreras); and he ceases as parochial vicar of San Andrés Apóstol-San Antonio de Padua de Mazarrón.
28. Rev. Mr. José María Hidalgo Jiménez becomes retired; ceasing as parish priest of San Pablo de Abarán.
29. Rev. D. Miguel Ángel Saorín Rodríguez is appointed parish priest of the parish of San Pablo de Abarán; and he ceases as parish priest of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Cartagena.
30. Rev. D. Francisco Javier Gómez Navarro is appointed pastor of the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Cartagena; and he ceases as parish priest of Santa María Magdalena de Cehegín.
31. Rev. D. Eduardo Miguel Sabater Jiménez is appointed parish priest of the parishes of Santa María Magdalena and San Antonio de Padua de Cehegín; and he ceases as parish priest Our Lady of the Angels of El Esparragal (Murcia) and chaplain of the Reina Sofía General University Hospital in Murcia.
32. Rev. D. José Maseda Vázquez is appointed collaborator of the parish of San Fulgencio de Cartagena; and ceases as pastor of the parish of San Nicolás de Bari in El Estrecho de San Ginés (Cartagena), with the churches of Cristo de la Agonía de Llano del Beal (Cartagena) and Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Los Nietos (Cartagena).
33. Rev. Mr. José Manuel Molina Giménez is appointed pastor of the parish of San Nicolás de Bari in El Estrecho de San Ginés (Cartagena), with the churches of Cristo de la Agony in Llano del Beal (Cartagena) and Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Los Grandchildren (Cartagena); and he ceases as parochial vicar of the parish of La Purisima de Yecla.
34. Rev. D. Francisco Fructuoso Andrés ceases as parish administrator of the parishes of San José de Coy (Lorca) and San Nicolás de Avilés (Lorca); and he was in charge of the hermitages of San Isidro de Doña Inés (Lorca) and Cristo Rey de Las Terreras (Lorca). He continues with the other charges.
35. Rev. D. Daniel Aparicio Martínez is appointed parish priest of the parishes of San José de Coy (Lorca) and San Nicolás de Avilés (Lorca); and in charge of the hermitages of San Isidro de Doña Inés (Lorca) and Cristo Rey de Las Terreras (Lorca); and he ceases as parochial vicar of San Fulgencio de Cartagena.
36. Rev. D. Antonio Carpena López leaves for missions in Honduras; ceasing as pastor of the parishes of La Inmaculada Concepción de Cartagena and Santiago Apóstol de Cuesta Blanca (Cartagena), and as chaplain of the Hospital Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro de Cartagena.
37. Rev. D. José David González Carmona is appointed pastor of the parish of La Inmaculada Concepción de Cartagena; and ceases as parish priest of the parishes of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Corvera (Murcia) and Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Baños y Mendigo (Murcia), as head of the churches of El Escobar and Santa Cruz de la Murta (Murcia), and chaplain of the Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía in Murcia.
38. Rev. D. Eugenio Azorín Sánchez ceases as parish administrator of the parishes of Nuestra Señora de Los Llanos de El Algar (Cartagena) and as manager of the church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Los Urrutias (Cartagena). He continues with the other charges.
39. Rev. D. Antonio Guillén Campillo is appointed parish priest of the parish of Our Lady of Los Llanos in El Algar (Cartagena) and in charge of the church of Our Lady of Carmen in Los Urrutias (Cartagena); and he ceases as parish priest of the parishes of San Sebastián de Ricote and San Agustín de Ojos.
40. Rev. D. Ramón García Gómez is appointed parish priest of the parishes of San Sebastián de Ricote and San Agustín de Ojós.
41. Rev. Mr. Fulgencio Fernández Gil becomes retired; ceasing as chaplain of the religious Canonesses Justinianas of Madre de Dios de Murcia.
42. Rev. D. Álvaro Manuel Garre Garre is appointed chaplain of the religious Canonesses Justinianas of Madre de Dios in Murcia; and he ceases as parochial vicar of Nuestra Señora del Carmen de Murcia.
43. Rev. D. David Álvarez de la Campa Pinar ceases as parish priest of the parish of Santa María del Azarbe de la Orilla del Azarbe (Murcia). He continues with the other charges.
44. Rev. D. Anthony Emeka Ezepue is appointed parish priest of the parish of Santa María del Azarbe in the Orilla del Azarbe (Murcia).
45. Rev. D. José David Solano González is sent to study in Rome; ceasing as parochial vicar of the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Cieza.
46. Rev. Mr. José Alarcón Buendía becomes retired; ceasing as parish priest of Our Lady of Remedies in Rincón de Beniscornia (Murcia).
47. Renewal of appointment of the vicars who form the Episcopal Council.
· Rev. D. Juan Tudela García, vicar general and moderator of the Curia.
· Rev. D. José Sánchez Fernández, episcopal vicar for the Urban Pastoral Zone of Murcia.
· Rev. D. Manuel Guillén Moreno, episcopal vicar for the Suburban Pastoral Zone I.
· Rev. D. Antonio Ballester Serrano, episcopal vicar for the Suburban Pastoral Zone II.
· Rev. D. José Abellán Ibáñez, episcopal vicar for the Pastoral Zone of Cartagena.
· Rev. D. Manuel Verdú Moreno, episcopal vicar for the Pastoral Zone of Campo de Cartagena-Mar Menor.
· Rev. D. Francisco Fructuoso Andrés, episcopal vicar for the Pastoral Area of Lorca.
· Rev. D. David Martínez Robles, episcopal vicar for the Pastoral Zone of Caravaca-Mula.
· Rev. D. Alfonso Alburquerque García, episcopal vicar for the Pastoral Area of Cieza-Yecla.
· Rev. D. Ángel Francisco Molina Navarro, episcopal vicar for Family and Life.
· Rev. D. José León León, Episcopal Vicar for Evangelization.
48. Rev. D. Julián Rafael Sánchez Ruiz is appointed parish priest of the parishes of San Bartolomé de Ulea and Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Villanueva del Río Segura; and he ceases as parish priest of San Antonio de Padua de Cehegín.
49. Rev. D. Antonio Miguel Hernández Martínez is appointed parish priest of Our Lady of Remedies in Rincón de Beniscornia (Murcia). He continues with the other charges.
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