Ángel Luis Ríos Matos

Styles of
**Ángel Luis Ríos Matos**
Styles of; Ángel Luis Ríos Matos
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Ángel Luis Ríos Matos
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Ángel Luis Ríos Matos
Bishop of Mayagüez
Diocese	Mayagüez
Appointed	May 9, 2020
Installed	August 1, 2020
Predecessor	Álvaro Corrada del Río
Orders
Ordination	January 11, 1985; by Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas
Consecration	August 1, 2020; by Álvaro Corrada del Río, Roberto González Nieves, and Rubén González Medina
Personal details
Born	October 5, 1956 (age 68); Aguada, Puerto Rico, US
Education	Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico; Pontifical Xavierian University
Motto	Con temor y temblor; (With fear and trembling)

Ángel Luis Ríos Matos (born October 5, 1956) is a Puerto Rican born American prelate priest of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Mayagüez in Puerto Rico since 2020.

Biography

Ángel Ríos Matos was born on October 5, 1956, in Aguada, Puerto Rico. He received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He later obtained Bachelor of Theology degree from Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia and a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the same university.

On January 11, 1985, Ríos Matos was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Mayagüez by Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas. Pope Francis appointed Ríos Matos as bishop for the Diocese of Mayagüez on May 9, 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3] On August 1, 2020, Ríos Matos was consecrated and installed as bishop by Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Río