Juan del Río Martín

Juan del Río Martín (14 October 1947 – 28 January 2021) was a Spanish archbishop, Military Ordinary of Spain from 2008 until his death in 2021.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is del Río and the second or maternal family name is Martín.
Juan del Río Martín
Military Ordinary of Spain
ChurchCatholic Church
Appointed30 June 2008
Term ended28 January 2021
PredecessorFrancisco Pérez González
SuccessorVacant
Orders
Ordination2 February 1974
by Leopoldo Eijo y Garay
Consecration23 September 2000
by Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Personal details
Birth nameJuan del Río Martín
Born(1947-10-14)14 October 1947
Ayamonte, Spain
Died28 January 2021(2021-01-28) (aged 73)
Madrid, Spain
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Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
University of Granada
MottoOpus Iustitiae Pax
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Biography

In 1964 he obtained the Baccalaureate in his hometown. He entered the Seminary of Seville in 1965, where he would study Philosophy and Theology until 1973. In 1975 he obtained the title of social graduate from the University of Granada. Sent to Rome in 1979, he received a degree in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, subsequently obtaining a Ph.D. degree in the same specialty with a thesis on the ecclesiology of Saint John of Avila.[1]

Ordained priest on 2 February 1974 in Seville, he developed his entire pastoral ministry in the Archdiocese of Seville. On 29 June 2000, he was appointed second bishop of the Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez by John Paul II.[2] His consecration was carried out by the Apostolic Nuncio in Spain Manuel Monteiro de Castro on 23 September of that year. Benedict XVI appointed him Military Ordinary of Spain on 30 June 2008.[1]

Death

On 21 January 2021, he was admitted to the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital in Madrid after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[3] Although during the first days it was reported that he was recovering,[4] soon his condition worsened and he succumbed to the disease on 27 January.[5]

Notes
  1. "El Papa nombra a Juan del Río arzobispo castrense de España". El País (in Spanish). 30 June 2008.
  2. "Juan del Río, nombrado obispo de Jerez". ABC (in Spanish). 30 June 2000.
  3. "El arzobispo castrense Juan del Río Martín, ingresado en el hospital por el Covid-19". Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 28 January 2021.
  4. ""Leve mejoría" de Juan del Río, que sigue sedado y entubado en el Gómez Ulla". Religion Digital (in Catalan). 22 January 2021.
  5. "Muere por coronavirus el arzobispo castrense, Juan del Río". ABC (in Spanish). 28 January 2021.
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