Enrique Esteban Delgado (born December 26, 1955) is a Peruvian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida since 2017.
Enrique Esteban Delgado | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Miami Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari | |
| Archdiocese | Miami |
| Appointed | October 12, 2017 |
| Installed | December 7, 2017 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Aquae Novae in Proconsulari |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 29, 1996 by Agustin Roman |
| Consecration | December 7, 2017 by Thomas Wenski, Felipe de Jesús Estévez, and John Gerard Noonan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1955 |
| Motto | Omnia possum in eo qui me confortat (I can do everything in Him who strengthens me) |
| Styles of Enrique Esteban Delgado | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Biography
editEarly life
editEnrique Delgado was born on December 26, 1955, in Lima, Peru. As a child, he was an altar server, then a catechist. He attended the University of Lima in Lima, Peru, receiving a Master of Arts in economics. After his graduation, Delgado worked for several years managing a company with 150 employees in Peru.[1]
During an international business trip in 1989, he made a stopover in Miami and spent a night at Saint John Vianney Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida. While in Tokyo attending mass in the chapel at Sophia University, he decided to enter the priesthood.[2][1][3]
Delgado immigrated to the United States in 1991 to enter St. John Vianney. He received a Master of Theology degree from the St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach in 1995 and a Master of Divinity degree in 1996.[2][3]
Priesthood
editOn June 29, 1996, Delgado was ordained to the priesthood in Peru for the Archdiocese of Miami by Auxiliary Bishop Agustín Román.[4]
After his 1996 ordination, the archdiocese assigned Delgado as parochial vicar at St. Agnes Parish in Key Biscayne, Florida. He was transferred in 1999 to Nativity Catholic Parish in Hollywood, Florida, to serve as parochial vicar there. In 1999, Delgado was named pastor of St. Justin the Martyr Catholic Parish in Key Largo, Florida.[2] After four years at St. Justin, the archdiocese moved him to St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Weston, Florida, to be its pastor.[2]
Delgado received a Doctor of Practical Theology degree on December 19, 2015, from St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida.[2]
Auxiliary Bishop of Miami
editPope Francis appointed Delgado as an auxiliary bishop of Miami on October 12, 2017.[2][1] On December 7, 2017, Delgado was consecrated as a bishop by Archbishop Thomas Wenski, with Bishops Felipe de Jesús Estévez and John Gerard Noonan serving as co-consecrators.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Archbishop Wenski to introduce Vatican appointed Auxiliary Bishop". Archdiocese of Miami. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Pope Francis Appoints New Auxiliary Bishop of Miami". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ a b "The Most Rev. Enrique Delgado". Archdiocese of Miami. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ a b "Bishop Enrique Esteban Delgado [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
External links
editEpiscopal succession
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