Francisco González Valer SF was a Spanish Roman Catholic Franciscan clergyman and auxiliary bishop in Washington. He was born in Arcos de Jalon on May 22, 1939. At the age of 84, Francisco González Valer passed away in Barcelona on March 4, 2024.
Francisco González Valer cause of death
The precise cause of death wasn’t stated following the announcement of his death.
Francisco González Valer obituary information
Francisco González Valer was born on May 22, 1939 in Arcos de Jalon. On May 1, 1964, Francisco González Valer was ordained as a priest and joined the Sons of the Holy Family religious order.
He was named titular bishop of Lamphua and auxiliary bishop in Washington by Pope John Paul II on December 28, 2001. On February 11 of the following year, he was given episcopal ordination by Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick, the Archbishop of Washington. On May 27, 2014, Pope Francis accepted his resignation due to age.
Leonard James Olivier SVD, an auxiliary bishop in Washington, and James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey, archbishop emeritus of Washington, served as co-consecrators. Pax et Amor, or “peace and love” in German, was his slogan.
