Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves. / Office of Communication Society of Jesus.Rome Newsroom, Nov 30, 2022 / 04:46 am (CNA).Pope Francis has appointed a Spanish layman to lead the Secretariat for the Economy following the resignation of Father Juan Antonio Guerrero, SJ, "for personal reasons."Maximino Caballero Ledo, 62, has been secretary general, the second-ranking position, in the economy office since August 2020. Before coming to the Vatican, Caballero was vice president of international finance at Baxter Healthcare, Inc., a medical products company. From Merida, Spain, he lived and worked in the United States from 2007-2020.Guerrero is also from Merida, Spain, and a childhood friend of Caballero. The 63-year-old Jesuit priest began his term as prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy in January 2020.The Vatican said Nov. 30 that Pope Francis had accepted Guerrero s resignation "for personal reasons." The resignation takes effect Dec. 1.The pope "warmly than
Pope Francis has named a Spanish layman, Maximino Caballero Ledo, to head the Secretariat for the Economy, after the resignation of Father Juan Antonio Guerrero, who had held that post since 2019.
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