Mexico – Priestly Jubilees of Fathers Armando Máximo and Víctor Alejandro

It was a very special day for Father Armando, marked by countless expressions of deep affection and many vivid memories of past experiences, still alive despite the years he spent in Chad and in other parts of Mexico (Mexico City, Sahuayo, and Comalapa).

A week later, on 23^rd August, Father Víctor Alejandro Mejía celebrated his priestly jubilee at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Paz (Baja California Sur), his hometown. He was surrounded by relatives, friends, a good number of Comboni missionaries – both men and women – as well as several diocesan priests, among them Bishop Miguel Ángel Espinoza, coadjutor bishop of La Paz, and Bishop Jaime Rodríguez, a Comboni missionary and bishop emeritus of Huánuco, Peru. Bishop Miguel Ángel Alba, the diocesan bishop of La Paz, was unable to attend due to health reasons.

The ceremony, during which Father Víctor renewed his priestly promises, was followed via social media by several Christian communities in Macau and Taiwan, where he had worked for over twenty years. He addressed them with a few words in Chinese to thank them for their support and closeness. Father “Vicho”— as everyone affectionately calls him — is the first Comboni missionary originally from Baja California Sur, where the first Comboni missionaries arrived 77 years ago.

Next November, Father Lauro Betancourt will celebrate his 25^th anniversary of priesthood in Zacatecas. In December, Father Aldo Sierra, currently serving in South Africa, will also celebrate his jubilee.

Brother Raúl Cervantes and Father Ismael Piñón, mccj
Misioneros Combonianos