Fr. Jorge Iván Ruiz Cortizo of the Immaculate Heart of Mary has been re-elected Provincial Superior in the III Chapter of the Betania Pious Schools, which is taking place in the Provincial House of Gaztambide (Madrid).
Fr. Iván Ruiz Cortizo was born in Madrid on May 27, 1973, made his Solemn Profession in 1998 and was ordained priest on September 13, 2000. After passing through the communities of Salamanca and Getafe, he received, in 2015, obedience for Santander, where he was appointed Rector and headmaster of the Piarist schools of Cantabria in Santander and Villacarriedo. He has been the Permanent Delegate of CONFER Castilla y León and Cantabria and Asturias and President of CONFER in the Diocese, as well as a member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council. He has been stationed in different places: Calasancio College in Madrid (1997/1999), Tenerife (1999/2003), Aluche (2003/2004), Cercedilla (2004/2005), Aluche (2005/2011), Salamanca (2011/2012), Getafe (2012/2014) and Santander (2014/2020). Since December 2018, he has been Provincial Superior, a responsibility that he will continue with the support of the Chapter Fathers for the next four years.
Betania Pious Schools
The Pious Schools Betania Province began in 2012 due to the union of the Provinces of Valencia and the Third Demarcation. Still, our origins date back to 1728 (Real Colegio de San Fernando de Madrid) and 1737 (Real Colegio de las Escuelas Pías de Valencia). We are present in more than 20 educational works in Spain, Indonesia and East Timor. More than a hundred religious Piarists are part of it, and they welcome almost 20,000 students and more than 1,600 educators and professionals in their educational centres.
