His Eminence José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. |
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Cardinal, Bishop of David | |
Diocese | David |
Appointed | 2 July 1999 |
Predecessor | Daniel Enrique Núñez Núñez |
Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Giuseppe da Copertino |
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Ordination | 13 July 1969 |
Consecration | 18 January 1986 by José Sebastián Laboa Gallego |
Created Cardinal | 14 February 2015 by Pope Francis |
Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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Pamplona, Navarre, Spain |
24 February 1944
Nationality | Spanish & Panamanian |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Motto | "Praesumus si prosumus" (We have authority if we serve) |
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Ordination history of José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 13 July 1969 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | José Sebastián Laboa Gallego |
Co-consecrators |
Marcos Gregorio McGrath,CSC José Agustin Ganuza García, OAR |
Date of consecration | 18 January 1986 |
Cardinalate
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Elevated by | Pope Francis |
Date of elevation | 14 February 2015 |
Styles of José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. |
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Reference style | His Eminence |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | David |
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, O.A.R. (born 24 February 1944), is a Spanish-born Panamanian friar of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as Bishop of David, Panama, since 1999.
On 4 January 2015, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal on 14 February. At that ceremony, he was assigned the Church of San Giuseppe da Copertino as his titular church.
Lacunza was born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1944. He was accepted as a candidate by the Recollect friars and studied at the St. Joseph Minor Seminary which they operated in Artieda, Zaragoza. Following this, he was received into the novitiate of the Order, at the conclusion of which he professed temporary religious vows and received the habit of the Order on 14 September 1964. He was then sent to do his university-level studies, first at the seminary run by the friars at their Monastery of Our Lady of Valentuñana in Sos del Rey Católico, Zaragoza, and later at the Augustinian Seminary of Our Lady of Consolation in Pamplona. Following graduation, he was sent to do his theological studies at the Major Seminary of Our Lady of Pamplona. At the conclusion of his studies, he professed his solemn vows as a full and permanent member of the Order on 16 September 1967 and he was ordained priest on 13 July 1969, both occurring in Pamplona.