Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas

Bishop Timoteo Solózano Rojas, M.S.C., was born on 24 January 1969 in Chucos, diocese of Huari. After completing his primary and secondary studies in Huantar, he entered the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, and carried out his philosophical and theological studies in Lima (1988-1996). He subsequently attended various specialization courses for religious formation in Guatemala, completing his novitiate in the Dominican Republic. He gave his first vows on 15 August 1990, and his perpetual vows on 15 August 1998. He was ordained a priest on 9 January 2001. He has held the following offices: coordinator of vocational pastoral care of the M.S.C. (1999-2001); parish vicar of the archdiocese of Trujillo (2001-2001); parish priest of the archdiocese of Ayacucho (2003-2004); parish priest in the archdiocese of Lima (2005-2007); parish priest of San Pablo and dean of pastoral zone in the archdiocese of Trujillo (2007-2010); parish priest of San Pablo and vicar forane of the archdiocese of Trujillo (2007-2010); director for Formation in the Seminary of the Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Peru, and parish collaborator in the Church of San Felipe in Lima (2011-2018). Parish priest of Santiago Apóstol and promotor of the parish College in Acari in the territorial prelature of Caravelí (2018). In addition, on 6 November 2018 he was elected as titular bishop of Dumio and auxiliary of Trujillo, and received episcopal ordination on 5 January 2019.