Celso Morga Iruzubieta

Celso Morga Iruzubieta (born 28 January 1948 in Huércanos, La Rioja, Spain) is the current Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz. He had previously served as Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 29 December 2010 [1][2][3]

The Most Reverend Celso Morga Iruzubieta
Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Mérida-Badajoz
See	Mérida-Badajoz
Appointed	21 May 2015
Predecessor	Santiago García Aracil
Orders
Ordination	24 June 1972 by Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena
Consecration	5 February 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI
Personal details
Birth name	Celso Morga Iruzubieta
Born	(1948-01-28) 28 January 1948 Huércanos, La Rioja, Spain
Previous post	Undersecretary of the Congregation for the Clergy (2009–10) Titular Archbishop of Alba marittima (2010–14) Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy (2010–14) Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz (2014–15)
Alma mater	University of Navarra
Motto	Monstra te Matrem
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Styles of Celso Morga Iruzubieta
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Iruzubieta studied at a diocesan seminary. He was ordained a priest on 24 June 1972 for the diocese of Calahorra y la Calzada in Logroño, Spain. He received his doctorate in Canon Law at the University of Navarre. He was pastor and judicial vicar in his diocese. For four years he carried out his ministry in the Archdiocese of Cordoba, Argentina as an adjunct judicial vicar and professor of Canon Law at the diocesan seminary.

He has served in the Congregation for Clergy since 1987, and has held the posts of Head of Office (2000–09) and Under-secretary (2009–10). He was named Secretary, and Titular Archbishop of Alba Maritima on 29 December 2010. He succeeds Mauro Piacenza, who was appointed Prefect of the Congregation. Along with Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci, Secretary of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints, who was named on the same day, and Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, who was appointed on 23 December, he was consecrated bishop in on 5 February 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI, with Angelo Cardinal Sodano and Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone.

On 8 October 2014 he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz by Pope Francis, and he succeeded as Archbishop on Thursday, May 21, 2015.[4][5]