Francisco Garmendia
Most Reverend Francisco Garmendia | |
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New York, New York |
Francisco Garmendia (November 6, 1924 – November 16, 2005) was a
Archdiocese of New York
from 1977 to 2001.
Biography
Born in Lazcano,
Patrick Ahern. Garmendia served as the pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in The Bronx and the Vicar for Spanish Pastoral Development. He was the first Hispanic bishop in New York,[1] and continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on October 30, 2001. He died on November 16, 2005, at the age of 81.[2][3]
The Hope Line
In 1990, Garmendia co-founded The Hope Line or La Linea de la Esperanza, a non-profit serving the South Bronx community. After the
Happyland Fire in March 1990, Garmendia and Mr. James P. McLaughlin, President of United Parcel Service, led an effort to establish community assistance; this started with a bilingual telephone counseling and referral service and has since grown to include a diaper distribution program, a food pantry, a SNAP benefit enrollment office, virtual taxes, financial literacy workshops and referral services.[4]
References
- ^ a b Signorile, Vito. "Bishop Receives Street Naming". Bronx Times. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ "Bishop Francisco Garmendia Ayestarán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ "History of the Hope Line | Bishop Garmendia". Retrieved 2021-08-10.