José María Larrauri Lafuente

José María Lafuente Larrauri ( born March 4, 1918 in Vitoria- Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, † December 9, 2008 ibid ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Vitoria, based in Vitoria- Gasteiz.

Life

José María Lafuente Larrauri was initially for three years bank clerk and heard lectures on civil law. In 1942 he entered the seminary and studied Catholic theology and philosophy. He received on 29 June 1948, the priesthood and was active as a pastor. From 1950 he was secretary of Arturo Tabera, Director of the Secretariat of the diocesan mission work, representatives of the Catholic youth in the diocese and professor and rector of the seminary.

Pope Paul VI. 1970 appointed him titular bishop of Aufinium and appointed him auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Pamplona. He received his episcopal consecration on 4 November 1970, the Archbishop of Pamplona, ​​Arturo Cardinal Tabera Araoz; Co-consecrators were Ireneo García Alonso, Bishop of Albacete, and Bishop Jose Delicado Baeza, Archbishop of Valladolid.

From 1974 to 1979 he was on a proposal from the Spanish Episcopal Conference Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ( Obras Misionales Pontificias OMP) in Spain. In 1979 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop of Vitoria.

His age-related resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II in 1995.