Cehegín is living a very emotional day, as it has been visited by Don Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, the newly appointed Bishop of Begastri, who has come to the city accompanied by the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Juan Antonio Reig Pla.
The civil and ecclesiastical authorities Cehegín, led by its mayor, José Soria Garcia, has been offered a reception with all the honors to Martinez Camino, the secretary general and spokesman for the Episcopal Conference, and Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid.
This has been very grateful to the people of Cehegín, saying that "had a double debt.
On the one hand that you return the visit to Madrid I did the day of my ordination, and then come to Begastri, a city that has had Bishops for 1,300 years. "
The Jesuit claimed that "when I reported it would Begastri bishop had to spell the name because I'd never heard of" recalling also the name of other bishops who had played this role throughout history, such as Vital , Vicente, Gilberio, John and Proclus, among others.
For his part, Juan Antonio Reig Pla said "Way to be happy that you are here today because I could not be in his episcopal ordination in the Almudena de Madrid because he had killed a young priest in my diocese"
With the signing of two bishops in the Golden Book and Gift Cehegín two music CDs and a catalog of the representations of the Inmaculada Martínez Camino by the City Council has given final approval of the reception at the Town Hall, but not the activities that will be done.
For now, the bishops have taken a walk around the Old Quarter of the town, accompanied by members of the Confraternity of the Passion of Christ, the director of the Archaeological Museum, the Chronicler Cehegín Officer, Central Board President Guilds Easter, the president of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Wonders, the harbinger of the Festivities 2008 and the municipal corporation.
The itinerary for the bishop will be intense, because, after the official dinner to be attended in the Hall Fame will inaugurate the headquarters of the Brotherhood of 'The Green', at 18 hours, and officiate a mass mass in the Plaza del Castillo, to 20.30.
Sunday morning, 12 hours, will preside over the religious function in honor of the patron to be carried out in the main church of Santa Maria Magdalena, and bid farewell to the city for a future visit.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín