Rafael Morales (bishop)
The Right Reverend Rafael Morales | |
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Bishop of Puerto Rico | |
Church | Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Puerto Rico |
In office | 2017–present |
Predecessor | David Álvarez |
Orders | |
Consecration | July 22, 2017 by Michael Curry |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Denomination | Anglican |
Rafael Luis Morales Maldonado is the seventh Bishop of Puerto Rico in The Episcopal Church.
Biography[]
He was born in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico into the Roman Catholic Church, then Catholic Deacon Morales was received by Bishop David Andrés Alvarez-Velázquez into the Anglican faith, which would allow him, a married man, to be ordained into the priesthood.
Prior to being consecrated a bishop, Morales' roles included serving as a parish priest in Toa Baja, a suburb of Puerto Rico's capital city of San Juan, and as head of the Episcopal Cathedral School.
He was chosen on December 10, 2016 among four candidates, including a female priest, by the Diocesan Assembly to succeed David Alvarez as the Diocesan Bishop and take over the reins of the church from Bishop Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, who served as provisional diocesan bishop for approximately 3 years after Alvarez' retirement upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 72.
See also[]
- List of Episcopal bishops of the United States
- Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States
References[]
External links[]
- Diocesan Site (in Spanish)
- Living people
- Bishops of the Episcopal Church (United States)
- People from Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Episcopalians
- Puerto Rican bishops
- Converts to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism
- Episcopal bishops of Puerto Rico