José María Seitén Alberro
Seitén in 2016
DioceseDiocese of Santander
SeeBishop of San Sebastián
In office1979–2000
PredecessorJacinto Argaya Goicoechea
SuccessorJuan María Uriarte Goiricelaya
Orders
Ordination1951
by Jaime Font y Andreu
Consecration1972
by Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea
Personal details
Born
José María Setién Alberro

(1928-03-18)18 March 1928
Hernani, Spain
Died10 July 2018(2018-07-10) (aged 90)
San Sebastián, Spain
DenominationCatholic

José María Setién Alberro (18 March 1928 – 10 July 2018) was a Spanish Catholic prelate. He was auxiliary bishop of San Sebastián between 1972 and 1979, and bishop between 1979 and 2000.[1]

Career

After the murder of the socialist Enrique Casas by ETA, María Setién prohibited having the funeral at the cathedral of San Sebastian.[2] During the 1998 truce, he stated that the Constitution of Spain must have the self-determination of the Basque people.[3] In the same year he offered himself to intercede for the politician prisoners.[4] John Paul II expressed to the Episcopal Conference of Spain he doesn't like it.[5] Finally, the Holy See interceded on it in 2009 and he renounced for health problems.[6]

In 2007 he published Un obispo vasco ante ETA.[7] In 2003 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Guipúzcoa.[8]

He died on 10 July 2018 after suffering a stroke at age 90.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jose Mª Setien, Obispo Emérito". Diocese of San Sebastián (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ↑ R. Aizpeolea, Luis (8 February 2009). "15 tiros y 25 años después". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Mariscal, Maialen (27 November 1998). "Setién sugiere las condiciones para alcanzar la paz". El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2001. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Agencias (14 December 1998). "Aznar llama "estrafalario" a Setién y dice que el obispo vasco "no se entera del país en el que vive"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Landaburu, Ander (7 April 2008). "El viraje del clero vasco". El País (in Spanish). Bilbao. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Alonso, Juanjo (27 June 2013). "La trágica experiencia de María San Gil con el obispo Setién". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Barbería, José Luis (21 October 2007). ""En el fondo, los miembros de ETA son revolucionarios"". El País (in Spanish). San Sebastián. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Gastaminiza, Genoveva (24 December 2002). "Gabilondo, Setién y Celaya, medallas de oro de Guipúzcoa". El País (in Spanish). San Sebastián. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Ormazabal, Mikel (10 July 2018). "Muere el obispo José María Setién a los 90 años, tras sufrir un ictus". El País (in Spanish). San Sebastián. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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