Oscar A. Solis

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Bishop Oscar Solis at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, 2005

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Coat of arms of Oscar A. Solis

Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis (born October 13, 1953) is an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California. Solis is the first Filipino-American to be consecrated a bishop.

Biography

The son of Antonia Azarcon and Anselmo dela Fuente Solis, Oscar was born in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija on October 13, 1953. He has three sisters and a brother Ronald Solis who is a priest in Hong Kong. He finished his grade school at San Jose West Central School in San Jose, Nueva Ecija and high school in Maria Assumpta Seminary in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. Solis was ordained a priest in 1979. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II and was consecrated bishop on February 11, 2004.

Solis' first assignment was in a parish at Cabanatuan, Philippines and later became pastor in several parishes in The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. When Fr. Solis was appointed Bishop, he was serving as Rector of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux, Louisiana. As bishop he is the head of a council focusing on minority issues.

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