Person

Azcona, José Luis

1940

Azcona studied secondary and philosophy in San Sebastian after which he entered into the Order of Augustinian Recollects and professed on September 22, 1961, in Monachil, Granada, Spain. He studied theology in Granada. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on December 21, 1963. He studied Moral Theology and obtained a doctorate degree from Lateran University and the Institute of Moral Theology of the Redemptorists know as the Alfonsianum. He became professor of Moral Theology and Spirituality in Monachil between 1971-1975. He became prior provincial of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova and served from 1975 to 1981. He was vice-master of novices in El Desierto de la Candelaria, Colombia, in 1982 and as master of novices in Negrales, Madrid, in 1983. In the year 1984, he experienced a contemplative retreat in Urcal, Almeria. In 1985, he went to the mission of Marajó, Brazil. He was ordained bishop of the prelacy of Marajó on the 4th of May 1987.