José Adolfo Mojica Morales

José Adolfo Mojica Morales ( born September 25, 1936 in Tonacatepeque, El Salvador, † March 2, 2012 in Sonsonate ) was Roman Catholic bishop of Sonsonate.

Life

José Adolfo Mojica Morales received on 25 October 1964, the ordination. After pastoral activity Pope John Paul II appointed him on 18 November 1989 Bishop of Sonsonate. The Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador and Honduras, Francesco De Nittis, donated to him on 20 January 1990, the episcopal ordination; Arturo Rivera y Damas had co-consecrators SDB, Archbishop of San Salvador, and Marco Revelo René Contreras, Bishop of Santa Ana. He was active in the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador as a longtime president of the Commission for the youth, amateur and families and was thus closely connected with the people of El Salvador.

In February 2011 he was the victim of a robbery in the episcopal residence of Sonsonate. On October 8, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. the José Adolfo Mojica Morales put forward due to age and health reasons in resignation. On 17 November 2011 he was awarded ( honorary citizen of the nation ) for its commitment to moral and religious values ​​in the company of El Salvador with the highest distinction of El Salvador " Hijo Meritísimo de El Salvador ". He was an honorary citizen of Sonsonate; a town's main street is named after him.

He died of a cancerous condition.