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Bishop Raimo Ramón Goyarrola Belda

Bishop of Helsinki

Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Coat of arms of Raimo Goyarrola (Ramón Goyarrola), the Catholic bishop of Helsinki, Finland, since 2023.
Born
Jul 20, 1969 Bilbao, Greater Bilbao, Finland
Nationality
Finland
Ordained priest
Sep 1, 2002 00197 Roma, Italy
Ordained bishop
Nov 25, 2023 FIN-00150 Helsinki, Finland
Appointed
Nov 25, 2023
Principal consecrator
Anders Arborelius O.C.D.
Co-consecrators
Julio Murat Teemu Jyrki Juhani Sippo

Reverend Raimo Goyarrola was born on 20 July 1969 in Bilbao, Spain. In 1987 he entered the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei. He graduated in medicine and surgery from the Universidad de Navarra and subsequently carried out his philosophical and theological studies at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, obtaining a doctorate in dogmatic theology. On 1 September 2002 he was ordained a priest, and incardinated in the aforementioned Personal Prelature. He came to Finland in 2006. He has held the following offices: chaplain in the Tavasttähti University Residence; university pastoral assistant in Helsinki; teacher of religion in various schools of Helsinki; diocesan representative in the Finnish Ecumenical Council; member of the executive staff and Ethics Committee of the same Ecumenical Council; and military chaplain. He also served many years as vicar general of the Diocese of Helsinki, when Msgr. Teemu Sippo S.C.I. was the ordinary. FEATURED IN FIDES 7/23 Greeting from Fr. Goyarrola 30.9.2023.