Alejandro Arellano, new Dean of the Rota Tribunal

Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, a native of Olías del Rey, was ordained a priest on October 25, 1987 in Toledo. He holds a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. Among the tasks he has carried out are those of Adjunct Judicial Vicar in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid and Judge of the Tribunal of the Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain. He is a professor of Canon Law and Jurisprudence. Since 2007 he has been Prelate Auditor of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota. He is also a visiting professor at the Faculty of Canon Law of the San Damaso Ecclesiastical University. As Dean of the Rota, he replaces Monsignor Pio Vito Pinto, 79 years old.