Álvaro Corrada del Río
Álvaro Corrada del Río | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez | |
Diocese | Diocese of Mayagüez |
Appointed | July 6, 2011 |
Installed | September 12, 2011 |
Term ended | May 9, 2020 |
Predecessor | Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas |
Successor | Ángel Luis Ríos Matos |
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Ordination | July 6, 1974 by Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez |
Consecration | August 4, 1985 by Archbishop James Hickey, Thomas William Lyons, and Eugene Antonio Marino |
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Education | Woodstock College Fordham University Catholic Institute of Paris |
Motto | NEMINEM NISI IESUM (No one but Jesus) |
Styles of Álvaro Corrada del Río | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J. (born May 13, 1942) is a Puerto Rican prelate of the Catholic Church and member of the Society of Jesus who serves as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Arecibo.
Corrada served as the bishop of the Diocese of Mayagüez in Puerto Rico from 2011 until his retirement in 2020. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Tyler in Texas from 2001 to 2011, as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Caguas in Puerto Rico from 1997 to 2001 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. from 1985 to 1997
Biography
Early life
Álvaro Corrada was born on May 13, 1942, in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has an older brother, Baltasar Corrada del Río, who served as Mayor of San Juan. After attending the local public schools, Álvaro Corrada entered the minor seminary of what was then the Diocese of San Juan in 1955.[1]
In 1960, Corrada entered the Society of Jesus at their novitiate in Poughkeepsie, New York. After completing his initial period of formation and professing his initial religious vows to the Jesuits, he studied at Fordham University in Bronx, New York, and later Woodstock College in Woodstock, Maryland.[1]
Priesthood
Corrada was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez on July 6, 1974.[2][3] After his ordination, Corrada went to Paris to study at the Catholic Institute of Paris.
After returning to the United States, he was assigned as the director of spiritual retreats at Mount Manresa Retreat House on Staten Island, New York.[1] Following that assignment, he served as an assistant pastor at the Jesuit-run Nativity Parish on the Lower East Side of Manhattan (1980–1983). In 1983, Corrada was appointed director of the Northeast Pastoral Center for Hispanics in Manhattan.[1]
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington
On May 31, 1985, Corrada was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. and titular bishop of Rusticiana, by Pope John Paul II.[2] He received his episcopal consecration on August 4, 1985, from Archbishop James Hickey of , with Bishops Thomas Lyons and Eugene Marino serving as co-consecrators, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.[2] Corrada selected as his episcopal motto: Neminem nisi Iesum (No one but Jesus).
Corrada was named apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Caguas in Puerto Rico as an additional responsibility on July 5, 1997.[2]
Bishop of Tyler
Corrada was appointed the third bishop of the Diocese of Tyler on December 5, 2000, and was installed on January 30, 2001.[2]
Bishop of Mayagüez
Corrada was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as bishop of the Diocese of Mayagüez on July 6, 2011; he was installed September 12 2011.[2] On May 9, 2020, Pope Francis accepted his Corrada's resignation as bishop of Mayagüez after he reached the age of 75.[4]In March 2022, Pope Francis made Bishop Corrada Del Rio Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Arecibo.[5]
Viewpoints
Tridentine Mass
Corrada was one of the earliest proponents of the Tridentine Mass. Before the issuance of the Apostolic Letter, Summorum Pontificum by Pope Benedict, he was singled out in an article in The Wanderer as one of the few American bishops "...who have been generous in the Ecclesia Dei indult application, as requested and emphasized repeatedly by the late Pope John Paul II."[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Bishop Corrada". Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bishop Christie Albert Macaluso". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ "Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J." Catholic-Hierarchy.
- ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 09.05.2020". Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "Vatican replaces Puerto Rico bishop who alleges persecution". ABC. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Bishops Bruskewitz and Corrada expect 1962 missal to play important future role" February 1, 2006
External links
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayaguez (Official Site in Spanish)
Episcopal succession
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Religious leaders from Texas
- People from Santurce, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican Jesuits
- 20th-century American Jesuits
- 21st-century American Jesuits
- Fordham University alumni
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Puerto Rico
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Puerto Rico
- Jesuit bishops
- Roman Catholic bishops of Mayaguez