Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
Ángel Luis Ríos Matos | |
Bishop of Mayagüez | |
Diocese: | Mayagüez |
Appointed: | May 9, 2020 |
Enthroned: | August 1, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Álvaro Corrada del Río |
Ordination: | January 11, 1985 |
Ordained By: | Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas |
Consecration: | August 1, 2020 |
Consecrated By: | Álvaro Corrada del Río, Roberto González Nieves, and Rubén González Medina |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1956 |
Birth Place: | Aguada, Puerto Rico, US |
Motto: | Con temor y temblor (With fear and trembling) |
Ángel Luis Ríos Matos | |
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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.
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