Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez

Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez OMI ( born May 8, 1922 in Horcadas, Spain, † May 4, 2011 in Madrid) was Prefect Apostolic of Western Sahara.

Life

Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez joined the Congregation of the Oblates and received on 17 March 1945, the ordination. He has worked in Argentina, including provincial and novice master.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 27 April 1987 Apostolic Prefect of Western Sahara, located in Moroccan El Aaiun ( Laayoune ) in the territory of Western Sahara on the Atlantic coast of northwest Africa.

On 25 February 2009, Pope Benedict XVI. be pre- attached for reasons of age resignation to.

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