Retired Los Angeles Auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop Juan A. Arzube, 89, among the country's first Hispanic bishops ordained in the post-Vatican II era, died Dec. 25 in Los Angeles. The second Hispanic bishop ordained in the U.S., he lived in residence at Sacred Heart Church, Altadena, after retirement before moving to Nazareth House in West Los Angeles in 2002. A native of Ecuador, before becoming a priest, Bp. Arzube did voice-over dubbing work in film and cartoons for Warner Bros. and Disney -- he was the Spanish voice of Peter Lorre and of the fox in "Song of the South." Tidings Online has a nice obit.
1/12 addendum: The LA Times has an obit, too -- it omits Arzube's Altadena connection, but includes something Tidings left out: the bishop's membership in the LA Diocese's "we're paying a settlement but not admitting any wrongdoing" club.
