The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, delivered this morning to the Archbishop of Sucre, Bishop Jesus Juarez Parraga, the title of Son of the City of Murcia, a recognition of the splendid work that solidarity has developed in recent years in favor of needy and spreading the name Murcia throughout the planet.
Mayor House has highlighted the intense work of social ministry in Bolivia developed by the archbishop, natural Stables, both front of Caritas and other projects related to equality, progress and improving jails American country, contributing establish strong partnerships in promoting people and their access to training.
Miguel Angel House during the ceremony recalled the close cooperation of the City of Murcia in the implementation of projects to improve the quality of life of the most disadvantaged in many countries through cooperation with NGOs over 50 people.
In Cochabamba (Bolivia), for example, the Consistory develops a system of water treatment plants, and waste management and recycling.
This initiative, part of UN Habitat with support from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), aims to provide technical assistance and tools and digital technology for the development of a treatment plant wastewater and stormwater recycling that are currently mixed and flow into rivers and natural water courses within the city causing pollution;
and waste collection, sorting, recycling, treatment and management.
Similarly, through the Department of Cooperation implementing a school-workshop in El Alto was encouraged.
Among the countries where we work, where there are significant gaps in areas such as health, basic infrastructure, education, etc., include El Salvador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria , Mauritania, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and India.
A life of commitment
The Archbishop of Sucre Stables was born in July 22, 1942 Is Salesian religious.
He studied in Spain, Bolivia and Germany.
He was ordained priest on 16 December 1972 It's degree in Theology.
Since 1977 remains in Bolivia.
The June 18, 1988 he was ordained bishop.
It was Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz from 1988 to 1994, he was appointed Bishop of El Alto.
In the Bolivian Episcopal Conference has been secretary general from 1991 to 1994 and from 2003 to 2009 and has chaired various episcopal commissions such as the Pastoral Social Caritas and Prison Ministry.
On February 2, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI named him archbishop of Sucre again.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia