Jesús Tirso Blanco

Jesús Tirso Blanco (3 June 1957 – 22 February 2022) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Lwena.

Quotes

• The hope is there thanks to our communities, where faith is so alive that we can see a future through their open attitude to life, to God and the Church.
  • "The population still needs to be reconciled in its innermost self", says the Bishop Lwena to Fides (21 October 2011)

• Luena, the scene of frequent military operations, was not a good place to live. But for me, it was the best environment to encounter God in mission, in communion with a new people who immediately adopted me as one of their family.
  • Interview with the Salesian Bulletin (2015)