Archbishop of Spain
Archbishop-elect Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo was born on 14 Janiuary 1961 in Eibar, Guipúzcoa. He graduated in philosophy and letters from the Universidad de Zaragoza in 1984, and carried out his ecclesiastical studies at the Major Seminary of Pamplona. He was ordained a priest on 27 October 1990 and later graduated in Biblical sciences from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (1997). He served as parish administrator of San Juan Bautista in Mendavia (1990-1993); parish vicar of San Juan Evangelista in Huarte-Pamplona (1997-1999); parish priest of San Esteban in Esparza de Galar, San Emeterio y San Celedonio in Cizur Menor (1999-2004) and parish priest of San Jorge in Pamplona (2004-2009). From 2009 to September 2012 he was vicar general of the archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela and professor of Sacred Scripture at the Centro Superior de Estudios Teológicos San Miguel Arcángel in Pamplona (CSET); professor of Sacred Scripture at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias Religiosas San Francisco Javier de Pamplona (ISCR) and associate professor of Sacred Scripture at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarra. On 9 June 2012 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Pamplona y Tudela and was consecrated on the following 9 September. In the Spanish Episcopal Conference he has been a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy since 2017, and since 2012 he has been a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Secular Apostolate and the Episcopal Sub-Commission for the Family and the Defence of Life.