UKhadinali uMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseValladolid kanye nowayengumongameli weNkomfa Yama-Episcopal yaseSpain, uMonsignor Ricardo Blázquez, uhlanganisa iminyaka engu-13 ngoLwesithathu, Ephreli 80, ngakho-ke kulindeleke ukuthi uPapa uFrancis akwamukele ukwesula kwakhe okujwayelekile, okwakwethulwa umbhishobhi eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, lapho waba ngu-75.
UBlázquez, oweqa iminyaka engu-55 engumpristi futhi ngomhlaka-17, ngeSonto lePhasika, uzofinyelela kweshumi nambili njengombhishobhi omkhulu eValladolid, wazalelwa edolobheni laseVillanueva del Campillo e-Avila ngo-Ephreli 13, 1942.
Ufunde Isikole Samabanga Aphakeme eSeminary Encane yase-Arenas de San Pedro phakathi kuka-1955 no-1960, futhi izifundo zobupristi e-Major Seminary yase-Ávila phakathi kuka-1960 no-1967, wagcotshwa umpristi ngoFebhuwari 18 walo nyaka odlule.
Kamuva wathola iziqu zobudokotela kwiTheology ePontifical Gregorian University eRome kwathi ngo-1972 wabuyela e-Ávila eshiya isikhundla sokuba unobhala we-Avila Theological Institute kusukela ngo-1976. Futhi, kusukela ngo-1974 kuya ku-1988 wayenguprofesa e-Faculty of Theology. wePontifical University of Salamanca futhi, phakathi kuka-1978 no-1981, umqondisi we-Faculty eshiwo.
Ngo-April 8, 1988, waba umbhishobhi oqavile waseGerma eGalathiya, okuyisiqu sesifunda-bhishobhi esihambisana nedolobha lasendulo lamaGreki namaRoma elise-Anatolia, futhi ongumsizi weSantiago de Compostela, evela ezandleni zombhishobhi wakhe omkhulu, u-Antonio María Rouco Varela, wathola ukugcotshwa kobubhishopi ngoMeyi 29 wonyaka ofanayo. NgoMeyi 1992 kwakusengaphambili leBhishobhi lasePalencia futhi, ngoSepthemba 1995, kwelaseBilbao.
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NgoMashi 13, 2010, waqokwa njengoMbhishobhi Omkhulu waseValladolid nguPapa Benedict XVI, isikhundla asithatha ngo-Ephreli 17. Ngemva konyaka, wanikeza iNtshumayelo Yamazwi Ayisikhombisa e-Plaza Mayor yenhloko-dolobha yasePisuerga, okuyisiko phakathi kwabafundisi abasha, kubika u-Ep.
UBlázquez wayengumongameli weCuria yaseSpain okokuqala ngqa phakathi kuka-2005 no-2008, ukuze abe yiphini likamongameli kuze kube ngu-2014, lapho ephinde wathola khona ubuMongameli, obuzoba ngo-2020.
