Bishop of Chulucanas
He was born on December 4, 1954, in the province of Carhuaz, Ancash—at that time part of the Archdiocese of Lima. Before entering the seminary, he studied electrical work at the Jorge Chávez Technical Institute in Lima. He entered the Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo Major Seminary of the Archdiocese of Lima and completed his philosophical and theological studies at the Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology of Lima (1983–1989). He was ordained a priest on December 18, 1989, for the Archdiocese of Lima. Later, in 1996, upon the creation of the Diocese of Lurín—separated from the Archdiocese of Lima—he was incardinated into the new Diocese of Lurín. He served as parochial vicar of El Niño Jesús, Archdiocese of Lima (1989–1992); parish administrator of El Niño Jesús, Archdiocese of Lima (1992–1994); pastor of San Francisco de Asís, Archdiocese of Lima (1992–1998); and from 1998 to the present, pastor of Cristo el Salvador, Diocese of Lurín. Other ministries held include: episcopal vicar of the Diocese of Lurín (1997–1999); vicar general of the Diocese of Lurín (1999–2006); member of the Economic Council of the Diocese of Lurín (since December 2006); member of the College of Consultors of the Diocese of Lurín (since 2007); and dean of Deanery IV of the Diocese of Lurín (since 2008). He served as spiritual director for the Comboni Missionaries for ten years and as spiritual director for the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (1997–2000). Since 2017, he has served as spiritual father to the Carmelite Missionaries of Villa María del Triunfo, as well as spiritual director to the Servants of the Gospel of Puente de Lurín and the Marist School (S.J.M.). (1992–1998).