David Martínez de Aguirre Guinea

David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea (born 10 January 1970) is a Spanish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado, Peru, since 2015. He has worked in Peru since 2001.

Biography David Martínez De Aguirre Guinea was born on 10 January 1970 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. After completing his early education at Marianista Santa María Ikastetxea di Vitória-Gasteiz, he attended the Higher Institute of Philosophy in Valladolid (1993-1995) and then the Faculty of Theology Saint Stephen in Salamanca (1995-1998). He earned a degree in Biblical Theology at the University of Deusto in Bilbao and studied at the Dominican École Biblique et Archéologique Française in Jerusalem (1998-2000). and he succeeded to the office of Bishop on 23 June 2015 when Francis accepted the resignation of his predecessor, Bishop . He described his mission and hopes for the 2019 Synod in 2018:

On 4 May 2019, Francis named him one of two Special Secretaries for the October 2019 Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region.