17 Facts About Josu Iriondo

Josu Iriondo was born on December 19,1938 and is a Spanish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 2001 to 2014.

One of seven children, Josu Iriondo was born on December 19,1938, in Legazpi, Spain, to Rufino and Maria Leona Iriondo.

Josu Iriondo was educated in Spanish, but spoke Basque at home.

Josu Iriondo later joined the Canons Regular order, and attended Sagrado Corazon Seminary in Onati, Spain and the Collegio San Vittore in Rome.

From 1958 to 1962, Josu Iriondo studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

Josu Iriondo was ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Jaime Font y Andreu for the Canons Regular order in San Sebastian, Spain, on December 23,1962.

Josu Iriondo then served as professor and master of discipline at a Canons Regular seminary and traveled through Europe on duties related to his religious order.

Josu Iriondo taught at the National Institute, a regional public high school, where served as school secretary as well.

Josu Iriondo came to New York in 1968, accepting an invitation for Spanish priests to serve in the Archdiocese of New York.

Josu Iriondo then served as chaplain to the Sisters of the Servants of Mary until 1969, when he became parochial vicar at St Joseph's Parish in Middletown, New York.

Josu Iriondo later served as St Lucy's Parish and Holy Rosary Parish in the East Harlem section of Manhattan.

Josu Iriondo was named parochial vicar and then pastor of Our Saviour Parish in the Bronx, New York.

Josu Iriondo was incardinated, or transferred, from the Canons Regular Order into the Archdiocese of New York on December 4,1996, and named vicar for Hispanics in 1997.

Josu Iriondo became pastor of St Anthony of Padua Parish in 2001.

On October 30,2001, Josu Iriondo was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York and titular bishop of Alton by Pope John Paul II.

Josu Iriondo received his episcopal consecration on December 12,2001, from Cardinal Edward Egan, with Bishop Henry Mansell and Robert Brucato serving as co-consecrators.

Josu Iriondo selected as his episcopal motto: "Dominum et Vivificantem".