Emilio Alvarez (bishop) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Emilio Alvarez
Birth Name:Emilio Alvarez Jr.
Birth Date:January 16
Occupation:Pastor, author, professor
Archbishop and Primate of the Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches
Church:Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches
Type:Archbishop
Consecration:2011
Education:New York Theological Seminary
Fordham University
Aberdeen University

Emilio Alvarez (born January 16) is a religious leader in the United States, and founding bishop of the Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches. He is also the founding director of the Institute for Paleo-Orthodox Christian Studies (formerly the certificate in Convergence Studies Program at New York Theological Seminary).[1] [2]

Biography

Emilio Alvarez—born Emilio Alvarez Jr.—was reared in a Holiness-Pentecostal household, within the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee); he is the son of a bishop within the denomination. As a minister within the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), Alvarez transitioned into the Convergence Movement after questioning his childhood denomination's anti-Catholicism.[3]

In 2011, Alvarez was consecrated to the episcopacy as a bishop for the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches. He was invited to attend an audience with Pope Francis in 2014; Alvarez served as official translator for the meeting, themed, "The Miracle of Unity".[4] [5] [6]

In July 2019, Alvarez helped establish the Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches within Painted Post, New York. He was unanimously elected as its interim presiding prelate, before being appointed primate.[7] During his prelature in December 2020, he was hosted by Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.[8]

In 2021, he was installed as archbishop and primate for the Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches.

In 2022, Alvarez published Pentecostal Orthodoxy: Toward an Ecumenism of the Spirit through InterVarsity Press.[9] [10] He became an associate provost at Asbury Theological Seminary,[11] relocating from Rochester, New York where he pastored The Cathedral at The Gathering Place.[12]

Selected works

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References

  1. Web site: Faculty . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123200000/https://www.pocsinstitute.org/faculty . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . Institute for Paleo-Orthodox Christian Studies . en.
  2. Web site: 2016-02-17 . NYTS Announces New Certificate Program in Convergence Studies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123200320/https://www.nyts.edu/news/nyts-announces-new-certificate-program-in-convergence-studies/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . New York Theological Seminary . en-US.
  3. Web site: Coulter . Dale . The Rise of the Pentecostal Fusionists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123190345/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/october/pentecostal-orthodoxy-emilio-alvarez-ecumenism-spirit.html . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . Christianity Today . 3 October 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: The Right Rev. Emilio Alvarez, Ph.D. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123194721/https://emilioalvarezjr.com/about/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . Bishop Emilio Alvarez Jr. . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2017-09-28 . The Miracle of Unity Has Begun . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123195228/https://wau.org/archives/article/the_miracle_of_unity_has_begun/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . The Word Among Us.
  6. Web site: McPhail . Carol . 2014-10-31 . Pope Francis 'called us his brother bishops,' says Protestant pastor from Mobile, who lunched, swapped caps with the pontiff . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123195434/https://www.al.com/living/2014/10/pope_francis_is_like_one_of_th.html . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . al . en.
  7. Web site: Our History . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123184037/https://theucoc.org/theucoc-history/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . The Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches . en-US.
  8. Web site: Archbishop of America met the leadership of the Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123185850/https://orthodoxtimes.com/archbishop-of-america-met-the-leadership-of-the-union-of-charismatic-orthodox-churches/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . The Orthodox Times . en-US.
  9. Book: Alvarez, Emilio . Pentecostal Orthodoxy: Toward an Ecumenism of the Spirit . InterVarsity Press . 2022 . 978-1-5140-0090-8 . en-US.
  10. Alvarez . Emilio . 2022-07-03 . The Union of Charismatic Orthodox Churches . Liturgy . 37 . 3 . 28–35 . 10.1080/0458063X.2022.2085966 . 251286283 . 0458-063X.
  11. Web site: Dr. Emilio Alvarez . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123201136/https://asburyseminary.edu/faculty/dr-emilio-alvarez/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . Asbury Theological Seminary . en-US.
  12. Web site: Post . Kathryn . 2020-06-18 . Liturgy-hungry young Christians trade altar calls for Communion rails . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123185150/https://religionnews.com/2020/06/18/liturgy-hungry-young-christians-trade-altar-calls-for-communion-rails/ . 2022-11-23 . 2022-11-23 . Religion News Service . en-US.

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