José Sótero Valero Ruz

José Sotero Valero Ruz ( born April 22, 1936 in Timotes, Mérida, Venezuela, † 29 June 2012) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Guanare.

Life

José Sotero Valero Ruz received on 16 May 1964, the ordination. In 1986 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed chaplain to His Holiness. Many years he was Professor and Director of the Seminary of Valencia. He was director of evangelization and catechesis from 1988 to today.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 9 May 1998 Titular Bishop of Alba and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Valencia en Venezuela. He received his episcopal consecration of the Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, on 27 June of the same year; Were co-consecrators Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Bishop of Maturin, and Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar CIM, Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.

On March 19, 2001 John Paul II appointed him bishop of Guanare. Pope Benedict XVI. adopted on 12 October 2011 at the José Sotero Valero Ruz put forward reasons of age resignation.