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In Memoriam: Bishop Moises Carmona Rivera (1912-1991)

Bishop Moises Carmona Rivera was born on October 31, 1912, in the town of Quechultenango, in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. His parents were Nicolas Carmona Sanchez and Maria Rivera Campos. He was so named in Spanish for Moses, because at his birth there was a great flood in their town. He was baptized in the same place as his birth on April 24, 1913, having his siblings as Godparents—Adolfino and Teodosia. In April of 1914, his father, Nicolas Carmona, died prematurely as a result of abuses that he received during the revolution; he left behind his wife, little Moises, 2 girls, and another son on the way.

To help the family, Moises’ paternal aunt, Natividad Carmona Sanchez, a humble rural teacher, took care of little Moises whom she loved as a son and he loved as a mother. It was from her that he learned his first letters. In 1925 he enrolled in the College of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the city of Chilapa. In these times of the Calles’ persecution of the Catholic Church, the churches were closed and priests had to go into hiding. Moises would rise at 4 a.m. to attend Holy Mass that was celebrated secretly in a private house. These experiences contributed to the formation of his character.

After completing his schooling, he was invited to enter the seminary by Fr. Ojeda, his parish priest. In 1929 he entered the seminary where he confessed that he studied very hard, although he was not the first nor the last in his class. He briefly interrupted his studies in the seminary in order to verify his vocation, and for one year he worked with the laity of Catholic Action. Having returned to the seminary he continued his studies, and in 1936 received Clerical Tonsure, followed by the Minor Orders in 1937, the Subdiaconate in 1938, and finally the Diaconate and Holy Priesthood in 1939, by Bishop Leopoldo Diaz Escudero. Fr. Carmona was first assigned as an assistant vicar in the parish of La Soledad in Acapulco with the old priest Don Florentino Diaz (the uncle of the bishop who ordained him).

As a young priest he gave great importance to the catechism, both in his parish and in surrounding towns, often times traveling by cart or by foot. On January 6, 1941, he was appointed professor of Latin and Spanish for the middle school year, at the Conciliar Seminary of Chilapa. His new stay at the well-loved Seminary was very pleasant. In the years from 1942 to 1944 he was sent to the towns of Mayanalán and Acamixtla. On November 22, 1944, he received his appointment as parish priest of Cocuya de Benitez, which he later took possession of.

This is where great difficulties awaited him, which his predecessor had not been able to overcome: The encounter with the Protestant heresies. He stood up to the sects using his gift of conviction, with great eloquence in his sermons combined with his deep priestly zeal he was able to convert many souls. The new parish priest dedicated himself to catechizing the towns, sometimes visiting them by cart and sometimes on foot. On July 5, 1952, he received the appointment of Parish Priest and Foreign Vicar of Ometepec. The struggles that arose there never made him back down, but the defamations did, so when the new Bishop of Chilapa visited, among other things he begged him for a transfer because under those conditions it was impossible to work.

On April 12, 1959, Father Carmona was appointed Parish Priest of Divine Providence in Acapulco Guerrero. There was no Parish Church so he had to begin by raising funds for the construction of a worthy place of prayer and on the very day the disastrous Second Vatican Council began, Father Gabriel Ocampo was blessing the first stone and on October 17, 1965, Bishop Quezada blessed the Crypt and declared it "ATONING TEMPLE OF ACAPULCO".

The next phase of Fr. Carmona’s priestly life was marked by the struggle to preserve the true Mass, valid Sacraments, and true faith in the midst of the Great apostasy caused by the false council of Vatican II. It was during these turbulent times for the Catholic Church that Fr. Carmona established contact with Father Joaquin Saenz y Arriaga, who had the Catholic sense to recognize and to denounce the heresies which emanated from the modern Church and the heretics who promulgated them. In 1974 Fr. Saenz y Arriaga founded the newspaper Trento and invited Fr. Carmona to act as its director. Two years later, Fr. Carmona established the “Union Catolica Trento,” an association to promote the true Mass and Sacraments, to spread the true Catholic Faith, and to combat the modernism and false ecuмenism of the Vatican II Church.

The difficulties with the "official Church" specifically with Bishop Quezada were immediate, when Father Carmona refused to celebrate the new "Mass". When the construction of the church was completed, Father Carmona asked Monsignor Lefebvre to consecrate it on July 14, 1977, but they did not let him enter Mexico, so it was blessed at a solemn Mass. Finally on April 30, 1977, Bishop Bello "excommunicated" Father Carmona.

In October of 1981, Fr. Carmona, together with Fr. Zamora, were consecrated bishops by Archbishop Peter Martin Ngo Diem Thuc, who had been appointed apostolic delegate to Vietnam by Pope Pius XI. As a Catholic bishop, Bishop Carmona spread the Faith far and wide throughout Mexico administering the Sacrament of Confirmation and ordaining seminarians to the priesthood.

On April 1, 1982, Bishop Moisés Carmona consecrated Bishop Musey in Acapulco and on the 18th of the same year he consecrated priests Benigno Bravo and Roberto Martínez as Bishops. In 1989 he celebrated his priestly golden anniversary in the parish of Divina Providencia in Acapulco, Guerrero, surrounded by hundreds of faithful and all his priests and seminarians. On September 24, 1991, he consecrated Fr. Mark Pivarunas as Bishop.

After consecrating Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI on September 24, 1991, a week later, Bishop Carmona was involved in a tragic car accident on his return to his church La Divina Providencia in Acapulco from visiting Bishop Martinez in Guadalajara. He died on November 1, 1991. His Catholic Union of Trent continues his work under Bishop Martin Davila and the Trento priests. Viva Cristo Rey! May he rest in peace!

Incredulous · « **Reply #851 on:** **Today** at 01:26:32 PM »

Consecration September 1991

MiracleOfTheSun · « **Reply #852 on:** **Today** at 01:47:19 PM »

Gotta love that old VHS quality. Nice post.

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