Miguel Olaortúa Laspra

Miguel Olaortúa Laspra (22 November 1962 – 1 November 2019) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the vicar of Iquitos.

Quotes

• Here the situation is completely different: the culture, the people, the distances, communities which are far away from each other, the geography, climate, etc.. Everything is striking and surprising: in the forest there are no seasons, it is always summer. The culture revolves completely around nature and the way of dealing with life is completely different. People face everything calmly and with great patience, unlike us Europeans, always anxious, apprehensive of how to cope with things... So they manage to live life in a more essential, more human manner, without creating obstacles.
  • "I work in a live, dynamic church, where there is everyone’s participation," says Mgr. Miguel Olaortúa, Apostolic Vicar of Iquitos, in the Amazon rainforest (15 September 2012) Fides News Agency