Francisco Castro Lalupú

Bishop Francisco Castro Lalupú (born 13 August 1973) is a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate as the Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena and Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Trujillo since 4 April 2020.

Most Reverend

Francisco Castro Lalupú
Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena,
Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed4 April 2020
Other post(s)Episcopal Vicar for Economic and Administrative Affairs of the Archdiocese of Trujillo (since 2016)
Orders
Ordination6 June 2004
Consecration29 September 2020
by Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte
Personal details
Born
Francisco Castro Lalupú

(1973-08-13) 13 August 1973 (age 51)
Alma materPontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum

Education

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Bishop Castro Lalupú was born in the Bellavista District, Sullana of the Archdiocese of Piura. After graduation of the school education, he began his priestly formation, first at the San Juan María Vianney Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Piura and later at the San Carlos and San Marcelo Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Trujillo, which he continued at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, Italy, and concluded with a Bachelor of Theology degree[1] and was ordained as priest on June 6, 2004, for the Archdiocese of Trujillo.[2]

Pastoral and educational work

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After returning to Peru in 2004, he served as a parochial administrator of the Santiago Apostole parish in Trujillo and a year later he was appointed as a parochial administrator of the parish Saint Joseph. From 2006 to 2010 he was pastor of Saint Toribio of Mogrovejo; and from 2015 to 2018 he was responsible for the chapel of St. Anna. From 2018 to 2020 he served as a parochial vicar of Saint Toribio of Mogrovejo, in the St. Mary Cathedral Basilica of Trujillo.[1]

During the period 2006–2008 he was a counselor in the Department of Family; from 2007 to 2009 he served as an auxiliary administrator of the Archdiocese of Trujillo; and in that same period he was a professor at the Major Seminary San Carlos and San Marcelo in Trujillo. From 2009 to 2016 he was administrator of the Archdiocese of Trujillo; and in the period from 2011 until 2014 he worked as a counselor in the Department of Pastoral Ministry for Acolytes; and from 2016 to 2020 he served as an Episcopal Vicar for Economic and Administrative Affairs of the Archdiocese of Trujillo.[1]

Prelate

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On April 4, 2020, he was appointed by the Pope Francis as the second Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru and Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena. On September 29, 2020, he was consecrated as bishop by Metropolitan Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Papa Francisco nombra a Francisco Castro Lalupú como nuevo obispo auxiliar de Trujillo". andina.pe (in Spanish). 4 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Bishop Francisco Castro Lalupú". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
2020–
Succeeded by