Edmundo Valenzuela

Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid SDB (born 19 November 1944) is a Roman Catholic missionary currently serving in Paraguay as the sixth Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Asunción. On February 13, 2006 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Apostolic Vicar to Chaco Paraguayo, an area with a population of 18,000 but only 5 ordained priests. As a result of this appointment, he was consecrated to the episcopate 22 April 2006. Prior to this appointment, Valenzuela served as a high-profile missionary in Angola. Valenzuela was ordained a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1977.[1]

The Most Reverend Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid S.D.B.
VI Archbishop of Asunción XXXVII Bishop of Paraguay
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Asunción
See	Asunción
Appointed	6 November 2014
Predecessor	Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga
Orders
Ordination	3 April 1971 by Antonio Samorè
Consecration	22 April 2006 by Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga
Personal details
Birth name	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid
Born	19 November 1944 Villarrica, Paraguay
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Uzalis (2006-11) Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (2006-11) Vice-President of the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (2011-15) Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción (2011-14) President of the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (2015-18)
Alma mater	Pontifical Salesian University
Motto	Por Cristo al Padre en el Espíritu
Coat of arms

Upon the resignation of Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Asunción Pastor Cuquejo due to age, Valenzuela, as Coadjutor, became the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción on 6 November 2014, as the 44th bishop of Asunción and the 6th metropolitan archbishop.[2] He received the archiepiscopal pallium from Pope Francis on 29 June 2015 at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.[3]

References

1. "Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid". Catholic Hierarchy.
2. • "Rinunce e nomine, 06.11.2014 | Rinuncia e Successione dell'Arcivescovo di Asunción (Paraguay)" [Resignations and Appointments, 6 November 2014 | Resignation and Succession of Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)]. Holy See Press Office (in Italian). 6 November 2014.
   • "Edmundo Valenzuela será el sucesor de Pastor Cuquejo" [Edmundo Valenzuela will be the successor of Pastor Cuquejo]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 8 November 2014.
   • "El Papa nombra a Mons. Edmundo Valenzuela como nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Pope appoints Bishop Edmundo Valenzuela as new Archbishop of Asunción]. InfoCatólica (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
   • "Valenzuela es nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Valenzuela is new Archbishop of Asunción]. ABC Color (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
   • "El papa nombra a Edmundo Valenzuela nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Pope appoints Edmundo Valenzuela as new Archbishop of Asuncion]. Radio Intereconomía (in Spanish). 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
   • "El papa nombra a Edmundo Valenzuela nuevo arzobispo de Asunción" [Pope appoints Edmundo Valenzuela as new Archbishop of Asuncion]. lainformacion.com (in Spanish). 6 November 2014.
3. "46 Arzobispos recibieron el palio de manos del Papa" [46 Archbishops received the pallium from the hands of the Pope]. Sistema de Información de la Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara (in Spanish). 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.