Fortunato Pablo Urcey

Fortunato Pablo Urcey O.A.R. (born 13 March 1947) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2005, he has been the prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Chota, Peru, an administrative division of the Church that, unlike a diocese, is assigned to the care of a religious order.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Fortunato Pablo Urcey
Prelate of Chota
Church	Roman Catholic
Diocese	Territorial Prelature of Chota
Appointed	22 December 2014
Installed	29 January 2015
Predecessor	José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R.
Orders
Ordination	5 July 1971
Consecration	12 December 2005
Personal details
Born	(1947-03-13) 13 March 1947 Estollo, Spain

Styles of
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Biography

He was born in Estollo (La Rioja), Spain. He joined the Order of Augustinian Recollects in 1964 and took his final vows in the order in 1968. He studied at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, earning a degree in theology. He was ordained a priest on 5 July 1971. He spent his first years as a priest doing parish work in Chota from 1972 to 1978. He then held teaching positions in Salamanca, Logroño and Lima. Then, based in Madrid, he took on responsibilities in the administration of the Recollects as provincial secretary responsible for publications. He was Prior of the province from 1999 to 2005.[1]

Pope Benedict XVI named him head of the Territorial Prelature of Chota, Peru, on 15 October 2005[1] and he was ordained a bishop on 12 December of that year by Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru, and a former prelate of Chota.

He was elected to a term as Secretary General of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference for the years 2014 to 2017.[2]

In April 2015, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life named Urcey an apostolic visitor tasked with investigating charges of "improper behavior" on the part of Luis Fernando Figari, founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. His work in Peru was scheduled to last from August 2015 to March 2016.[3][4] Urcey reported that while Figari was Superior General he had "adopted a style of government excessively or improperly authoritarian, directed to impose one's own will," and that "in order to obtain the obedience of his brothers [he] used improper strategies and methods of persuasion, that is to say, underhanded, arrogant and nonetheless violent and disrespectful of the right to the inviolability of one's own interiority and discretion". On 30 January 2017, as a result of Urcey's investigation, the Congregation decreed that Figari should have no further contact with members of the Sodalit community.[5]

On 9 March 2018, Urcey was elected President of Caritas Peru (Cáritas del Perú) for the three-year term 2018-2021.[6]

References

1. "Fortunato Pablo, nuevo obispo de Chota" (in Spanish). Agustinos Recoletos, Madrid. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
2. "Obispos del Peru Eligen..." (Press release) (in Spanish). Conferencia Episcopal Peruana. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
3. "Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has an apostolic visitor to investigate its founder". Catholic News Agency. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
4. "Obispo de Chota investigará denuncias contra Sodalicio". La Republica (peru) (in Spanish). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
5. "Vatican bars Sodalit founder from contact with members". CRUX. Catholic News Agency. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
6. "Mons. Fortunato Pablo Urcey, Obispo de Chota es el nuevo Presidente de Cáritas del Perú" (Press release) (in Spanish). Cáritas del Perú. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

External links

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