Severo Aparicio Quispe

Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M., (October 8, 1923 – May 6, 2013) was a Peruvian friar of the Mercedarian Order who was made a bishop of the Catholic Church.

[1] He wrote a number of works on the history of the Catholic Church and of his Order in Peru.

Aparicio was born in San Pedro de Lloc, Pacasmayo, and later entered the Mercedarian friars.

[citation needed] Aparicio was appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Cuzco as well as titular bishop of Vegesela in Numidia on December 11, 1978.

He was consecrated a bishop on March 4, 1979 by Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M.