Palencia Esteban Escudero of Valencia – Infovaticana

The appointment of Valencian as Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, as is tradition, has been anticipated for hours before Stork Tower. Read the interview with INFOVATICANA Escudero here.

The number 100, of bishops who have occupied the diocese of Palencia. Esteban Escudero Torres was born in Valencia on February 4, 1946. He attended primary school and upper secondary education at the College of the Augustinian Fathers, Valencia. At the age of 17 he entered the Metropolitan Seminary in Moncada, where he completed three years of philosophy and three of theology.

After the baccalaureate in theology, obtained in 1970 the Degree in Theology Pontifical University of Salamanca. With permission of the then Archbishop of Valencia, José María García Lahiguera, he began studying philosophy at the Literary University of Valencia obtaining in 1974 a degree in pure philosophy.

During the time of their secular studies, he worked actively in the Diocesan Commission of Junior Movement, organizing frequent workshops religious training and techniques free time for educators from different centers Juniors of the diocese.

You can read his full profile here.

Esteban Escudero was interviewed by INFOVATICANA in February 2014. In that interview described his pastoral experience, his experience as bishop and his vision of the Church. We publish some excerpts from the interview:

You entered the seminary at 19, in 1963, could you tell us how your vocation came to the priesthood

Previously there were two types of graduates, the bachelor of arts and sciences. I did the science because my vocation, say primary, was to be an agronomist. My father was Castilian, Zamora, and along with my uncles had some land near Benavente, in a village called Vidallanas del Campo. I wanted to occupy some of the land, so as to be an agronomist. But at what was then the pre-university period, I felt a call from Mr. along that course and decided to go to seminary.

pleasantly surprised to find on the website of the diocese of Palencia, the agenda of the bishop, his daily commitments you tell us as is the daily life of a Bishop?

If, Indeed, we put the day’s agenda on the website, that any priest or layman knows the days that the bishop is in the bishopric, the days that are doing pastoral visit, the days you are committing, etc .. you could not really say as a calendar day of the bishop because it varies completely from one day to another . For example, today in the morning I visited in the bishopric at three thirty I leave to make a pastoral visit -a pastoral unit called Sales bathrooms- and I’ll be Friday afternoon, all day Saturday and all day Sunday. But no circumstances are exceptional, and it turns out that yesterday killed a beloved priest, so the first part of Saturday morning will dedicate to celebrate the funeral of the priest. So things change . On Monday I have a meeting with chief priests and delegates … In short, the agenda of the Bishop is constantly changing from day to day.

You can read his full interview here.