Carmen Ros Nortes

Carmen Ros Nortes, NSC (born 20 November 1953) is a Spanish nun and missionary, current Undersecretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the second highest-ranking department of the Roman Curia, the administrative institution of the Holy See since 23 February 2018, when was appointed by Pope Francis.[1]

Ros was born on 20 November 1953 in the Espinardo neighborhood of Murcia, Spain. She joined the Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation and made her perpetual vows on 19 January 1986.[2]

In Spain she qualified in Human Sciences and Catechetical Pedagogy and got a degree in Theology specialized in Mariology for the Pontifical Theological Faculty "Marianum" (Rome) in 1985.[2]

She has served in various offices within her Order and worked as a missionary in South Korea.[2][3]

On 1 January 1992 she joined the staff of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life and worked in several of its departments, including as a teacher in its Studium, its school of theology and law for consecrated life.[2][4][5]

She was the Congregation's special envoy to the seventh Latin American and Caribbean Encounter for Consecrated Life in Quito, Ecuador, in 2014.[2]

References
  1. Pope names Spanish nun undersecretary of congregation for religious
  2. "Resignations and Appointments, 23.02.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. La religiosa española Carmen Ros Nortes, subsecretaria en la Curia Romana (in Spanish)
  4. Una española, nueva subsecretaria de la Congregación para la Vida Consagrada (in Spanish)
  5. LA ESPAÑOLA SOR CARMEN ROS NORTES, SUBSECRETARIA DE LA CIVCSVA (in Spanish)
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