Luis Miranda Rivera | |
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Bishop of Fajardo-Humacao | |
Diocese | Fajardo-Humacao |
Appointed | May 16, 2020 |
Installed | August 15, 2020 |
Predecessor | Eusebio Ramos Morales |
Orders | |
Ordination | September 14, 1984 by Luis Aponte Martínez |
Consecration | August 15, 2020 by Roberto González Nieves, Rubén González Medina, and Eusebio Ramos Morales |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Education | Bayamón Central University University of Salamanca |
Motto | In obsequio Jesu Christi (In the service of Jesus Christ) |
Styles of Luis Miranda Rivera | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O.Carm (born January 24, 1954) is a Puerto Rican-born American bishop of the Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao in Puerto Rico since August 15, 2020.
Luis Miranda Rivera was born on January 24, 1954, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. On September 14, 1984, he was ordained to the priesthood for the Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez. Miranda Rivera has a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Bayamón Central University in Bayamon, Puerto Rico and a Bachelor's degree in Theology of Religious Life from the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. [1] [2] [3]
Pope Francis appointed Miranda Rivera as bishop for the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao on May 16, 2020. On August 15, 2020, Miranda Rivera was consecrated and installed by Archbishop Roberto González Nieves as as bishop.
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