Born in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara), he was 79 years old and was also a priest in Santomera, Alguazas, Lorquí, Alcantarilla and Llano de Molina.
The priest Antonio López Belchí, parish priest of the church of San Vicente Mártir de Molina de Segura, whose construction he promoted, died this Friday in Murcia at the age of 79. He was hospitalized at the Morales Meseguer Hospital. The burning chapel has been installed in the funeral home of La Consolación, in Molina de Segura. This Holy Saturday, at 11 am, a response will take place in the temple of San Vicente Mártir. It will be officiated by the Bishop of Cartagena, José Manuel Lorca Planes, according to the Diocese in a statement.
Antonio López Belchí was born in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara) on January 18, 1943 and was baptized in the San Miguel Parish of that town on February 14, 1943. At the age of 16, he entered the San José Minor Seminary of the Diocese of Cartagena, later passing to the San Fulgencio Major Seminary, where he studied Philosophy and Theology. He was ordained a priest on June 12, 1969 in the San Andrés Apóstol Parish in Murcia, by Miguel Roca Cabanellas, Bishop of Cartagena.
Since his appointment, he has held the following pastoral positions: 1968-1972, Coadjutor of the Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Santomera Parish; 1972-1975: Curator of the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Molina de Segura; 1975-1981: Treasurer of the Santiago Apóstol Parish in Lorquí; 977-1981: Responsible for the Purisima del Llano de Molina Parish; 1981-1983: Treasurer of the San Pedro Apóstol de Alcantarilla Parish; 1983-1992: Treasurer of the San Onofre de Alguazas Parish; 1992-1994: Assigned to the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption of Molina de Segura; 1994-1996: Pastor of Our Lady of Fátima de Molina de Segura; since 1996, parish priest of San Vicente Mártir de Molina de Segura.
In this last town he was chaplain of the Triumphal Entrance and was the town crier of Holy Week in 2021. In 2007 he also trumpeted the patron saint festivities of Lorquí, in honor of Santiago Apóstol.
Likewise, the priest cultivated the literary facet and was the author of several works. The last one, from 2018, was the book ’20 narrations for… For you’. The publication of these stories, in whose presentation he was accompanied by the Murcian painter José María Falgas (who died in 2021), coincided with the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination, which is why a concelebrated homage mass was held in the parish of the.
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