Antonio Dorado Soto

Antonio Dorado Soto (18 June 1931–17 March 2015) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Guadix, the Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta, and the Diocese of Málaga.

Quotes

• We cannot renounce our faith and not give a reason for it to those who wish to hear us. We need not hide our faith in Jesus Christ out of fear, nor should we keep quiet when there is an opportunity to bear witness to it.
  • Bishop tells Spanish Catholics not to fear “psychological torture” (15 June 2005), Catholic News Agency

• For twenty years the missionary heart of our diocese has pulsed with new life.
  • Spain has 16,781 diocesan missionaries on mission all over the world: Diocesan Missionaries Day calls to mind their witness and supports their work of evangelisation (26 April 2006) Fides News Agency

• The greatest need of the Church in our times is her own evangelization: to strengthen the faith of Christians, reinitiate in the faith those who are non-practicing and propose the faith to non-believers.
  • “We have fallen into a culture of religious indifference,” Spanish bishop says (11 September 2007), Catholic News Agency