Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca Explained

Type:Bishop
Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca
Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Santiago de Cuba
Appointed:9 July 2007
Predecessor:Carlos Osoro Sierra
Ordination:12 July 1968
Consecration:25 August 2007
Consecrated By:Dionisio García Ibáñez
Birth Date:1945 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Camagüey, Cuba
Religion:Roman Catholicism

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.

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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: 23 October 2016. ACI Prensa. 9 July 2007. El Santo Padre nombra dos nuevos obispos para Cuba.
  2. News: 23 October 2016. cubaencuentro.com. 9 July 2007. El Papa nombra dos nuevos obispos para la Isla.
  3. News: 23 October 2016. cubaverdad.net. 23 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023203425/http://www.cubaverdad.net/weblog/2007/08/nuevos-obispos-para-cuba/. 3 August 2007. Nuevos obispos para Cuba.
  4. News: 23 October 2016. Notimérica. Europa Press. G. Moreno. 9 July 2007. El Papa nombra dos nuevos obispos en Cuba, uno de ellos español.
  5. News: 23 October 2016. Oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede. 9 July 2007. it. RINUNCE E NOMINE, 09.07.2007.