José Rodríguez Carballo
José Rodríguez Carballo OFM (born 11 August 1953) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz since September 2023. He was secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 2013 to 2023 and minister general of the Order of Friars Minor from 2003 to 2013.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend José Rodríguez Carballo | |
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| Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz | |
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| Archdiocese | Mérida-Badajoz |
| Appointed | 14 August 2023 |
| Predecessor | Celso Morga Iruzubieta |
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| Ordination | 28 June 1977 |
| Consecration | 18 May 2013 by Tarcisio Bertone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 August 1953 Lodoselo (Sarreaus), Spain |
| Denomination | Catholic |
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| Motto | Scio cui enim credidi ("I know whom I have believed") |
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His installation in Merida has been scheduled for 25 November, 2023.[1]
Biography
José Rodríguez Carballo was born on 11 August 1953 in Lodoselo (Sarreaus), Spain.[2] He entered the Minor Seminary of the Franciscan Province of Santiago de Compostela in Zamora in 1964.[3] The next year he studied at the seminary Herbón in La Coruña. He finished his studies and undertook his novitiate year at the Convent of Ponteareas.[4] He took his temporary vows on 9 August 1971.[5]
He spent the next two academic years at the Center for Theological Studies in Compostela and then continued his studies in Jerusalem from 1973 to 1976, completing his licentiate in theology on 23 June 1976.[4] He took his solemn vows on 8 December 1976[5] in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.[4]
He was ordained a priest on 28 June 1977 at the Church of Saint Savior in Jerusalem.[5][lower-alpha 1]
Beginning in 1976 he attended the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem, earning a degree in biblical theology in 1978. He then enrolled at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and obtained a degree in sacred scripture in 1982.[4]
He returned to Spain and was master first of postulants and then of novices from 1982 to 1989. In 1989 he became Rector of the Guardian and Convent of St. Francis in Santiago de Compostela and Master of the Friars of temporary profession. He was a professor of Sacred Scripture at the Diocesan Seminary of Vigo from 1982 to 1992, and at the Center for Theological Studies of Santiago de Compostela from 1985 to 1992 he taught the theology of consecrated life.[5]
He was elected provincial minister of the Franciscan Province of Santiago de Compostela in 1992.
From 1993 to 1997 he was president of the Union of Franciscan Provincial Ministers of Europe.[5]
On 5 June 2003 he was elected minister general of the Order of Friars Minor, the 119th successor of St. Francis of Assisi. He was elected to another six-year term on 4 June 2009.[7]
Pope John Paul II named him a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples on 7 August 2004[8] and of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on 11 December 2004.[9]
On 23 November 2012, he was elected to a three-year term as president of the Union of Superiors General.[10]
On 6 April 2013, Pope Francis appointed him titular archbishop of Belcastro and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, a position that had been vacant for several months. It was Francis' first appointment to a post in the Roman Curia.[6] He received his episcopal consecration on 18 May in the cathedral of Santiago da Compostela[5] from Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.[3]
On 14 September 2023, Pope Francis named him archbishop coadjutor of Mérida-Badajoz in Spain, noting that Rodríguez would continue his Vatican duties until the end of October.[5]
He is a member of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture.[5]
Notes
- By one account he was ordained by Pope Paul VI,[6] who only visited Jerusalem in 1964.
References
- "Monseñor José Rodríguez Carballo,Arzobispo coadjutor de Mérida-Badajoz". Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz (in Spanish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- "Fray José Rodríguez Carballo: "El fraile debe manifestarse como tal también cuando está sin el hábito"". El Correo Gallego (in Spanish). 12 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- "Rodríguez Carballo recibe la ordenación episcopal del cardenal Bertone". Vida Nueva Digital (in Spanish). 18 May 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- "Fr. José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM". Instituto Teológico de Vida Religiosa (in Spanish). 5 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- "Resignations and Appointments, 14.09.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- McElwee, Joshua J. (6 April 2013). "Pope appoints Franciscan to religious congregation". National Catholic Reporter. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- "José Rodríguez Carballo als Franziskanergeneral bestätigt". Orden Online (in German). 5 June 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 07.08.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- "Rinunce e Nomine, 11.12.2004" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 11 December 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- "Assemblea Generale USG: Conclusione con la elezione del nuovo Consiglio direttivo". Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza (in Italian). 23 November 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
External links
- Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
- The government of the Order (with an image of Carballo)