Álvaro Corrada del Rio
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Álvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J. (born May 13, 1942) is an Puerto Rican-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the second and current Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Before he served as the third Bishop of Tyler.
[edit] Biography
Álvaro Corrada del Rio was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico; he has an older brother, Baltasar Corrada del Río, who served as Mayor of San Juan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. After attending public schools in Morovis, he entered the minor seminary in 1955.[1] In 1960, he joined the Society of Jesus, more commonly known as the Jesuits, in Poughkeepsie, New York. He then studied at Fordham University and Woodstock College.[1]
Corrada was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R., on July 6, 1974.[2] He then furthered his studies at the Catholic Institute of Paris in France and, returning to Puerto Rico, served as director of spiritual retreats at the Jesuit House in Manresa.[1] He was also assistant pastor at Nativity Parish in New York City (1980-1983) and director of the Northeast Pastoral Center (1983-1985).[1]
On May 31, 1985, Corrada was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Washington and Titular Bishop of Rusticiana by Pope John Paul II.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 4 from Archbishop James Hickey, with Bishops Thomas Lyons and Eugene Marino, S.S.J., serving as co-consecrators, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.[2] He selected as his episcopal motto: "Neminem Nisi Iesum."
Corrada was later named Apostolic Administrator of Caguas, Puerto Rico, on July 5, 1997.[2] He was appointed the third Bishop of Tyler, Texas, on December 5, 2000, and was installed as such on January 30, 2001.[2]
He was appointed Bishop of Mayagüez on July 6, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.
[edit] Positions
Bishop Corrada was one of the earliest proponents of the Tridentine Mass. Before Summorum Pontificum, Bishop Corrada was singled out in an article in The Wanderer as one of the few U.S. bishops "...who have been generous in the Ecclesia Dei indult application, as requested and emphasized repeatedly by the late Pope John Paul II."[3][4] The others being Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska; and Bishop Thomas Doran of Rockford, Illinois.
Under his tutelage, the Diocese of Tyler has become a vocation powerhouse making vocation ministry the top priority for the diocese.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Corrada". Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler. http://www.dioceseoftyler.org/bishop.htm#cv.
- ^ a b c d e "Bishop Christie Albert Macaluso". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmacaluso.html.
- ^ The Wanderer: "Providence brings Bishop Rifan to Una Voce conference" December 1, 2005
- ^ "Bishops Bruskewitz and Corrada expect 1962 missal to play important future role" February 1, 2006
- ^ The Catholic World Report: "Priestly Vocations in the America: An Updated Look June 2006
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| Preceded by Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas |
Bishop of Mayagüez 2011 – present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Edmond Carmody |
Bishop of Tyler 2000 – 2011 |
Vacant |
