TO ALL the MEMBERS of the ORDER Today, Tuesday, 26 April
TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ORDER Today, Tuesday, 26 April 2016, the Feast of Our Mother of Good Counsel, it has been announced that the Hoy Father Francis has named our brother, Manuel Herrero Fernandez, of the Province of Spain, Bishop of the Diocese of Palencia, Spain. Mons. Herrero was born on 17 January 1947 in Serdio, Cantabria, Spain. He entered the Order as a novice on 26 September 1963, in the novitiate of the province situated at the Monasterio de Santa Maria de la Vid, La Vid, Spain. He made his first profession of vows on 27 September 1964. He completed his studies of philosophy and theology in the Colegio de los Agustinos Filipinos, Valladolid, and in the Seminario Mayor “Tagaste”, Los Negrales. He professed solemn vows on 25 January 1968 and was ordained a priest on 12 July 1970. He was a member of the following Augustinian communities: Colegio-Seminario San Agustín, Palencia (1970-1971), as professor and inspector; Colegio Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo, Madrid (1971-1974), as spiritual director and professor; Parroquia de Santa Ana y la Esperanza, Moratalaz, Madrid (1974-1984), as prior and pastor; Colegio San Agustín de Santander (1984-1995), as pastor of the Parroquia San Agustín; Residencia Provincial, de Madrid (1995-1999), as provincial counselor and parochial vicar of the parish of Parroquia San Manuel y San Benito. From 1999, he was again part of the community of the Colegio San Agustín de Santander, where he was pastor of the parish until 2014. Since September 2014 he has been pastor of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Barrio Pesquero, Santander.
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