Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzalez

Enrique Figaredo (born 21 September 1959) is a Jesuit priest and the Apostolic Prefect of Battambang, known as the Bishop of the Wheelchairs for his humanitarian assistance in Cambodia.

[1] Born to Alberto Figaredo, a member of an important industrialist family in the north of Spain, and Ana María Alvargonzález.

[4] In Battambang he founded the "Arrupe Center" and promoted development all over the diocese with projects in education, vocational training for adults, infrastructure and relief aid.

A third group has 15 dancers from the Arrupe Centre for people with disabilities (maimed by landmines and cluster bombs or who suffer from poliomyelitis).

The group held 17 performances in 12 different Spanish cities: Madrid, Valladolid, Gijon, Oviedo, Alicante, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Córdoba, Seville and Badajoz.

These include the Grand Cross of Civil Order of Social Solidarity, awarded by the Spanish government and the Golden Amuravela, a prize granted every year by the Friends of Cudillero Association.