Bishop José Vicente Conejero Gallego

Bishop José Vicente Conejero Gallego, Bishop of Formosa, was born on April 5, 1951, in Plasencia, Spain, in the Diocese of Formosa. He was ordained a priest for Formosa on June 20, 1975. On December 5, 1996, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Formosa. He received episcopal ordination on March 19, 1997, at Formosa, with Ubaldo Calabresi as principal consecrator and Dante Carlos Sandrelli and Carlos López Hernández as co-consecrators. He succeeded to the see as Bishop of Formosa on January 14, 1998. His episcopal motto is "Solo tú, Señor".