Luis Sáinz Hinojosa

Luis Sáinz Hinojosa (born 21 June 1936) is a Bolivian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a bishop since 1982. He retired in 2012.

Biography

Luis Sáinz Hinojosa was born on 21 June 1936 in Tiquipaya, Bolivia.[1] He joined the Franciscans on 17 January 1961[2] and was ordained a priest on 26 August 1962.[1]

On 8 May 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Cochabamba and titular bishop of Thucca Terebenthina.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 31 July 1982[1] from the Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia, Alfio Rapisarda, with Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, Archbishop of Cochabamba, and Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra as co-consecrators.

On 24 February 1987, he was appointed Archbishop of La Paz and was installed there on 19 April.[2] He resigned from that office on 1 August 1996[2] and then continued pastoral work, first in a village and then in Quillacollo.[3]

On 12 September 2001 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Cochabamba and titular archbishop of Iunca in Mauretania.[1]

Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation for reasons of age on 29 August 2012.[4]

References
  1. "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.09.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. "Bolivia: Renuncia del obispo auxiliar de Cochabamba". Zenit (in Spanish). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "El Papa nombró a monseñor Luis Sáinz como Obispo Auxiliar de" (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.08.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2019.


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