Carlos Osoro – Valencia’s New Archbishop
Written by mpowellMeet Carlos Osoro, Valencia’s new Archbishop.
What up, dawg?
Osoro lands in Valencia today, and it’s a big enough deal to claim 2 pages in today’s newspapers. They’re planning on a huge attendance at tomorrow morning’s mass. At 10:30 on Saturday, there will be a procession from the archbishopal palace (location) to the basilica of the Virgin.
Osoro previously practiced in the Asturian city of Oveido, and is taking over the gig from Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, who has been made a Cardinal. I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot of him around the city.
Fun Fact 1: The Archdiocese of Valencia was created in 1492… the same year as Columbus reached the new world. A banner year for Spain.
Fun Fact 2: “Oso Oro” means Golden Bear (kind of). Growl!
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adom wrote,
How Valencia Diocese became Archdiocese in 1492?
Thanks to the valencian Rodrigo de Borja who became that same year Pope Alexander_VI
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VI
PD.- I love your blog and the GREAT pictures.
Link | April 18th, 2009 at 12:47 pm