José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez
His Excellency José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid | |
Sánchez in 2024 | |
| Archdiocese | Madrid |
| Appointed | 23 April 2024 |
| Term ended | 1 October 2025 |
| Other post | Titular Bishop of Vergi (2024–2025) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 June 2000 |
| Consecration | 6 July 2024 by José Cobo Cano, José Rodríguez Carballo and Jesús Vidal Chamorro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 August 1975 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 1 October 2025 (aged 50) Madrid, Spain |
| Motto | Sequere me |
| Coat of arms | |
| Styles of José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez | |
|---|---|
| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez (3 August 1975 – 1 October 2025) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop.
Biography
Álvarez Sánchez was born in Madrid on 3 August 1975. In 1998, after studying at the San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Theology. Later, he obtained a master's degree in Vocational Discernment and Spiritual Accompaniment from the San Ignacio Spirituality Center of the Comillas Pontifical University (2008–2011), where he also studied a degree in spirituality.[1]
He was ordained a deacon on 28 November 1999, and a priest on 18 July 2000, incardinated in the archdiocese of Madrid.[2]
On 23 April 2024, Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of Madrid, together with Vicente Martín Muñoz. He also appointed him titular bishop of Berja. He was consecrated on 6 July of the same year, in the Cathedral of the Almudena; at the hands of Cardinal-Archbishop José Cobo Cano.[3]
In August 2024, he was appointed vice-grand chancellor of the San Damaso Ecclesiastical University. In February 2025, he was appointed vicar general of the archdiocese.[4]
In the Spanish Episcopal Conference he was a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity, Family and Life (2024–2025).[5]
Álvarez Sánchez died on 1 October 2025, at the age of 50 from a heart attack.[6]
References
- ^ "Quién fue José Antonio Álvarez, obispo auxiliar de Madrid". Religión Digital (in European Spanish). 3 August 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ "Archidiocesis de Madrid - El cardenal Osoro nombra a José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez nuevo rector del Seminario". www.archimadrid.org. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Beltrán, José (6 July 2024). "Los dos nuevos obispos auxiliares de Madrid: "Los pobres y los excluidos son nuestra hoja de ruta"". Vida Nueva (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Prades, Santiago Tedeschi. "El cardenal José Cobo presenta la nueva estructura central de la Curia Diocesana al servicio de la misión de la Iglesia en Madrid". Archidiocesis de Madrid (in European Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ "José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez - Conferencia Episcopal Española" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ "Muere a los 50 años José Antonio Álvarez Sánchez, el obispo auxiliar de Madrid a causa de un infarto". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 1 October 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.