Sotero Sanz Villalba
Sotero Sanz Villalba (22 April 1919 – 17 January 1978) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
Sotero Sanz Villalba was born on 22 April 1919 in
Pontifical University of Comillas, where he received his doctorate in canon law.[1] He was ordained a priest on 4 July 1942 in Comillas. He then held a series of posts at the seminary of Tarazona.[1]
He completed the course of study at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1948.[2] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and became head of the Spanish language section of the Secretariat of State.[1] He served as Spanish interpreter when groups had private audiences with Popes John XXIII and Paul VI. In 1967 he was named the Secretariat's chief of protocol.[3]
On 16 July 1970,
Apostolic Nuncio to Chile. He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Archbishop of Toledo, on 12 September in the Basilica of Pilar in Zaragoza.[1]
On 24 November 1977, Pope Paul appointed him
Santiago de Chile at the age of 58.[3]
Decorations
- Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain)
- Officer of the Merit Civil Order (Spain)
- Commander of the Order of the Sun (Peru)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sotero Sanz Villalba". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Pontificia Accademia Ecclesiastica" (in Italian). Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Sanz Villalba, Sotero". Gran Enciclopedia Aragonese (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 July 2019.
