AMERICA/PERU – Appointment of bishop vicar apostolic coadjutor of San Ramón

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Pedro Orlando Castro Castro, O.F.M., until now provincial vicar of the Franciscan Province of the Twelve Apostles and parish vicar of Santa María de Jesús, diocese of Carabayllo, as bishop vicar apostolic coadjutor of San Ramón, Peru
Msgr. Pedro Orlando Castro Castro, O.F.M., was born on 28 June 1961 in Lima. He carried out his ecclesiastical studies in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology in Lima, where he was awarded a doctorate in sacred theology. He subsequently attended the Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima, obtaining a master’s degree in political sciences, and the Pontifical “Antonianum” University of Rome, obtaining a licentiate in canon law.
He gave his solemn vows on 29 June 1993, and was ordained a priest on 29 June 1995.
He has held the following offices: parish priest and guardian of the Community in Ilo-Moquegua , provincial definitor and formator of theology students , collaborator in the parish of Santissimo Nombre de Jesús, Lima , guardian of the San José Obrero Convent and master of postulants, Arequipa , guardian of the Community, parish priest of San José de Pichcus and professor of philosophy and theology, San Pio X Major Seminary, archdiocese of Huancayo , definitor and provincial secretary , and since 2024, provincial vicar of the Franciscan Province of the Twelve Apostoles and parish vicar of Santa María de Jesús, diocese of Carabayllo.

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