Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M., (October 8, 1923 – May 6, 2013) was a

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of the

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who was made a

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of the

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. He wrote a number of works on the history of the Catholic Church and of his Order in Peru.

Life

Aparicio was born in

San Pedro de Lloc San Pedro de Lloc is a town in the La Libertad Region of northern Peru. It is the capital of the coastal Pacasmayo Province. It is located about 99 km north of the city of Trujillo. San Pedro de Lloc is also known to be the last place of resid ...

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, and later entered the

Mercedarian The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives (, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order established in 1218 by Peter Nolasco in the city of Barcelon ...

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. He was ordained a priest on September 22, 1951. Aparicio was appointed an

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for the Archdiocese of Cuzco as well as

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of Vegesela in Numidia on December 11, 1978. He was

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a bishop on March 4, 1979 by

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Juan Landázuri Ricketts Juan Landázuri Ricketts, OFM (born Guillermo Eduardo Landázuri Ricketts; December 19, 1913 – January 16, 1997) was Peruvian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lima from 1955 to 1989. He was one of the most prominent Catholic bisho ...

, O.F.M. Aparicio retired as an auxiliary bishop on April 10, 1999, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. He then took residence at the Mercedarian monastery in the city. He died on May 6, 2013, and was buried in the crypt of the cathedral.

Publications

* ''Los mercedarios en los concilios limenses'', 1973 * ''Valores humanos y religiosos del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega'', 1989 * ''Los Mercedarios en la Universidad de San Marcos de Lima'', 1999 * ''Homenaje al R.P. doctor Antonio San Cristóbal Sebastián'', Universidad Nacional de San Agustín 2000 * ''El clero y la rebelión de Túpac Amaru'', Band 1 von Colección Pachatusan 2000 * ''La orden de la Merced en el Perú: estudos históricos, Band 2'', Provincia Mercedaria del Perú 2001 * ''José Pérez Armendáriz: obispo del Cuzco y precursor de la independencia del Peru'', Band 3 von Colección Pachatusan 2002 * ''Siete obispos cuzqueños de la colonia'', Band 2 von Colección Pachatusan 2002

* ''Siervo de Dios P. Francisco Salamanca'', Band 4 von Colección Pachatusan 2006 * ''El arzobispo Goyoneche ante las dificultades de la iglesia del Perú antes las dificultades de la Iglesia del Perú, 1816-1872'', 2006

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Cuzco Archdiocese
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Life

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