Luis Miguel Avilés installed as new priest in Arenales de San Gregorio

Luis Miguel Avilés Patiño has officially taken possession as the new parish priest of the San Gregorio Nacianceno Parish in Arenales de San Gregorio. The canonical installation took place on Sunday, September 20, in a ceremony attended by numerous local residents and visitors from nearby towns such as Campo de Criptana, Tomelloso, and Villafranca de los Caballeros.

The rite was presided over by Juan Carlos Camacho, the archpriest of Mancha Norte, who read the official mandate from Abilio Martínez Varela, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ciudad Real. During the ceremony, Avilés expressed his commitment to the community, stating a desire to ‘make a people together, and with them, the Church.’

A symbolic moment occurred during the offerings when the new priest received the keys to the church, representing his responsibility for the care of the temple and the parish community.