Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca

Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca (born 27 May 1945) is a Cuban prelate of the Roman Catholic church. He has been serving as the bishop of Bayamo since his installation on 9 of July 2007.

Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca
Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSantiago de Cuba
Appointed9 July 2007
PredecessorCarlos Osoro Sierra
Orders
Ordination12 July 1968
Consecration25 August 2007
by Dionisio García Ibáñez
Personal details
Born (1945-05-27) 27 May 1945 (age 79)
Camagüey, Cuba
DenominationRoman Catholicism

As a young man, he discovered his religious vocation and entered the diocesan seminary to start his ecclesiastical education. After completing his ecclesiastical, philosophical and theological training, he was ordained priest on 14 July 1968 for his local diocese.[1]

After many years exercising as pastoral ministry, on 9 July 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo, located on the city of Bayamo, Cuba.[1][2][3][4][5] On 25 August 2007, he received the episcopal consecration by the archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, Dionisio García Ibáñez, and co-consecrators Juan García Rodríguez and Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino.

References

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  1. ^ a b "El Santo Padre nombra dos nuevos obispos para Cuba". ACI Prensa. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ^ "El Papa nombra dos nuevos obispos para la Isla". cubaencuentro.com. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Nuevos obispos para Cuba". cubaverdad.net. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. ^ G. Moreno (9 July 2007). "El Papa nombra dos nuevos obispos en Cuba, uno de ellos español". Notimérica. Europa Press. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  5. ^ "RINUNCE E NOMINE, 09.07.2007" (in Italian). Oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.