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Luis Sáinz Hinojosa | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba | |
| Appointed | 12 September 2001 |
| Term ended | 29 August 2012 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Archbishop of Iunca in Mauretania (2001–2022) |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba and Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina (1982–1987) Archbishop of La Paz (1987–1996) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 26 August 1962 |
| Consecration | 31 July 1982 by Alfio Rapisarda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1936 |
| Died | 8 October 2022 (aged 86) |
Luis Sáinz Hinojosa (21 June 1936 – 8 October 2022) was a Bolivian prelate of the Catholic Church.
Luis Sáinz Hinojosa was born on 21 June 1936 in Tiquipaya, Bolivia.[1] He joined the Franciscans on 17 January 1961[2] and was ordained a priest on 26 August 1962.[1]
On 8 May 1982, Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of Cochabamba and titular bishop of Thucca Terebenthina.[1] He received his episcopal consecration on 31 July 1982[1] from the Apostolic Nuncio in Bolivia, Alfio Rapisarda, with Gennaro Maria Prata Vuolo, Archbishop of Cochabamba, and Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra as co-consecrators.[citation needed]
On 24 February 1987, he was appointed Archbishop of La Paz and was installed there on 19 April.[2] He resigned from that office on 1 August 1996[2] and then continued pastoral work, first in a village and then in Quillacollo.[3]
On 12 September 2001 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Cochabamba and titular archbishop of Iunca in Mauretania.[1]
Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation for reasons of age on 29 August 2012.[4]