Bernardo Álvarez Afonso [SEP] position held
Bernardo Álvarez Afonso
Bernardo Álvarez Afonso (Breña Alta, island of La Palma, in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, July 29, 1949) is a Spanish Catholic bishop, since September 2005 twelfth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife) (Spanish: Diócesis Nivariense). 
On September 4, 2005 he was declared and credited bishop by Pope Benedict XVI, in the Iglesia de la Concepción (then provisional cathedral of the diocese, as the Cathedral of La Laguna was
deputy from 1993 to 1996, vice-president of the Canary Islands and president of the island of Tenerife from 1987 to 1999.
Death.
He died in Barcelona. His funeral was held on October 11, with a funeral procession from the chapel in the Government Building of the Canary Islands to the Church of the Conception of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. There Mass was celebrated by the Bishop of the Diocese of Tenerife, Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, and mass was attended by other civil authorities. From the Iglesia de la