Father Jesús Zubiría O., Provincial Delegate of the sector of Spain,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father
Andrés Urquizu A.
on Saturday the 22nd of July 2017 at Pamplona (Spain)
at the age of 79 years, of which 53 years of missionary life
in Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), in Chad and in Spain.
Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
Milestones of Father Andrés Urquizu A.’s life
Andrés was born on the 31st January 1938 at Lezo (Spanish Basque Country), in the Diocese of San Sebastián. On the 11th September 1961, he entered the Spiritual Year of Gap, in France. He took his Missionary Oath at Vals, Le Puy (France) on the 26th June 1964 and was ordained to the Priesthood a year after, on June 27th1965, in the small town of Logroño (Spanish Basque Country).
| 01/01/1966 | Language course | Guilongou CELA | Upper Volta |
| 01/06/1966 | Ass. Parish Priest | Kaya,D.Ouagadougou | Upper Volta |
| 01/01/1968 | Ass. Parish Priest | Sapone | Upper Volta |
| 15/09/1970 | Ass. Parish Priest | Po | Upper Volta |
| 01/04/1973 | Superior | Po | Upper Volta |
| 01/08/1978 | Recyclage/Prov. | | Spain |
| 21/05/1979 | Session-Retreat | Jérusalem | Israël / Palestine |
| 23/10/1979 | Ass. Parish Priest | Dassouri | Upper Volta |
| 30/06/1985 | Technical Studies | Bilbao | Spain |
| 01/09/1987 | Mass-Media | Bilbao | Spain |
| 01/01/1988 | Mass-Media | Madrid,Meñorca | Spain |
| 01/09/1990 | Ass. Parish Priest | Ndoguindi | Chad |
| 01/06/1998 | Audio-visuel | Doiti,D.Moundou | Chad |
| 07/05/2001 | Appointed to Spain (P.E.01/6) | | Spain |
| 01/10/2001 | Bursar | Barañain | Spain |
| 25/09/2005 | Audiovisual project | | Chad |
| 01/11/2006 | Residence | Madrid | Spain |
| 01/11/2007 | Residence | Barañain | Spain |
| 01/03/2015 | Residence H.C. | Pamplona | Spain |
| 22/07/2017 | Returns to the Father | Pamplona | Spain |