Vatican City, Jan 25, 2019 / 07:42 am
Pope Francis Friday appointed the next archbishops of two metropolitan sees – Fr. Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio was named to Lima, Peru and Archbishop Jose Antonio Fernandez Hurtado to Tlalnepantla, Mexico.
In Lima, Castillo will replace Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, whose resignation was accepted Jan. 25 after he reached 75, the ordinary age of retirement for clergy, at the end of December.
The see of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla has been vacant since December 2017, when Pope Francis transferred Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes to lead the Archdiocese of Mexico City.
Castillo, 68, has been a professor of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru since 1987, where he is also an advisor for the university's pastoral assistance center. He also serves at San Francisco Solano Parish.