Joseph A. Espaillat | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of New York Titular Bishop of Tagarbala | |
Archdiocese | New York |
Appointed | January 25, 2022 |
Installed | March 1, 2022 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Tagarbala, Pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 17, 2003 by Edward Egan |
Consecration | March 1, 2022 by Timothy M. Dolan, John Joseph O'Hara, Gerald Thomas Walsh |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, US | December 27, 1976
Motto | He knows what He is about |
Styles of Joseph Armando Espaillat | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Armando Espaillat II (born December 27, 1976) is a Dominican-American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of New York since 2022.
Joseph Espaillat was born on December 27, 1976, in New York City, the son of José and Mercedes Baez. [1] His parents had immigrated to Manhattan from the Dominican Republic; the USCCB's African-American secretariat has described him as being of partial African descent. [2] [3] Espaillat attended high school at Cathedral Preparatory School in Manhattan. He later entered Fordham University in New York City, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1998. [4] [5]
On May 17, 2003, Espaillat was ordained to the priesthood at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan by Cardinal Edward Egan for the Archdiocese of New York. [6]
After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Espaillat as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Martyrs Parish in Washington Heights in Manhattan. [7] That same year, he was awarded a Master of Divinity degree in theology and a Master of Arts degree in theology, with an emphasis on church history, from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York. [8]
In 2007, Espaillat was moved from Our Lady to become parochial vicar, then administrator of St. Peter's Parish in Yonkers; he was named pastor there in 2009. In 2012, Cardinal Timothy Dolan appointed Espaillat as director of youth ministry for the archdiocese. Espaillat left St. Peter's in 2015 when he was named pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Parish in Bronx, New York. [5]
Pope Francis appointed Espaillat as an auxiliary bishop of New York on January 25, 2022. [8] Espaillat was consecrated as a bishop at St. Patrick's Cathedral by Cardinal Timothy Dolan on March 1, 2022, with Auxiliary Bishops John O'Hara and Gerald Walsh acting as co-consecrators. [6] At age 45, Espaillat became the youngest Catholic bishop in the United States and one of the youngest in the world. [9]
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