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Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Saturday, April 17, in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago, the episcopal ordination of Bishop Jorge Vega was celebrated, presided by the Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa. The co-consecrating bishops were Bishop Rafael de la Barra, Bishop Emeritus of Illapel, and Bishop Carlos Pellegrin, Bishop of Chillán. The ceremony was also attended by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto, along with many bishops of Chile, who accompanied the new Pastor with deep emotion. There was no lack of representatives and staff from the Pontifical Mission Societies, in particular the Holy Childhood Association. In his homily, Cardinal Errazuriz said, among other things, that Christ himself is the one who has entrusted Bishop Jorge Vega with the task of guiding His sheep and as a bishop, he leaves everything to follow him everywhere.
Bishop Jorge Vega was born in Santiago on June 12, 1957. In 1977, he entered the novitiate of the Missionaries of the Divine Word (SVD). On December 22, 1984, he was ordained priest by Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno Larrain, Archbishop of Santiago. On April 28, 1985, he was sent as a missionary to Angola, where he spent 13 years engaged in parish ministry and as rector of the diocesan seminary. In 1999, he returned to Chile to become Missions Secretary of the SVD. In 2000, he was appointed Coordinator for Missionary Animation of the SVD Pan-American Zone. In 2003, he was appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission and re-appointed in 2008. He was also Editor of the magazine “Chile Missionaria.” On February 19, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Illapel, succeeding Bishop Rafael de la Barra, SVD. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 20/04/2010)
