Oscar A. Solis

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Oscar Azarcon Solis
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
Titular Bishop of Urci

Bishop Oscar Solis at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, 2005
Archdiocese Los Angeles
Appointed December 11, 2003
Installed February 10, 2004
Other posts Titular Bishop of Urci
Orders
Ordination April 28, 1979
Consecration February 10, 2004
by Roger Mahony, Sam Jacobs, and Charles Michael Jarrell
Personal details
Born (1953-10-13) October 13, 1953
San Jose, Nueva Ecija
Motto FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA
Styles of
Oscar Azarcon Solis
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

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.[1] 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.[2] 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 10, 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.[3]

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