Luis Sáinz Hinojosa

Luis Sáinz Hinojosa (21 June 1936 – 8 October 2022) was a Bolivian prelate of the Catholic Church.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sáinz and the second or maternal family name is Hinojosa.
The Most Reverend

Luis Sáinz Hinojosa
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba
Appointed12 September 2001
Term ended29 August 2012
Other post(s)Titular Archbishop of Iunca in Mauretania (2001–2022)
Orders
Ordination26 August 1962
Consecration31 July 1982
by Alfio Rapisarda
Personal details
Born(1936-06-21)21 June 1936
Tiquipaya, Bolivia
Died8 October 2022(2022-10-08) (aged 86)
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba and Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina (1982–1987)
Archbishop of La Paz (1987–1996)

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.

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]

References
  1. "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.09.2001" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. "Bolivia: Renuncia del obispo auxiliar de Cochabamba". Zenit (in Spanish). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "El Papa nombró a monseñor Luis Sáinz como Obispo Auxiliar de" (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.08.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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