Luis Sáinz Hinojosa

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
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	(1936-06-21)21 June 1936 Tiquipaya, Bolivia
Died	8 October 2022(2022-10-08) (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]

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.

External links

• Luis Sáinz Hinojosa at Catholic Hierarchy

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by —	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba 1982–1987, 2001–2012	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía	Titular Archbishop of Iunca in Mauretania 2001–2022	Succeeded by Vacant
Preceded by Jorge Manrique Hurtado	Archbishop of La Paz 1987–1996	Succeeded by Edmundo Luis Flavio Abastoflor Montero
Preceded by Pío Bello Ricardo	Titular Bishop of Thucca Terebenthina 1982–1987	Succeeded by Anton Žerdín Bukovec