Álvaro Julio Beyra Luarca | |
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| Diocese of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Santiago de Cuba |
| Appointed | 9 July 2007 |
| Predecessor | Carlos Osoro Sierra |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 July 1968 |
| Consecration | 25 August 2007 by Dionisio García Ibáñez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1945 Camagüey, Cuba |
| Denomination | 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.[1]
After many years exercising as pastoral ministry, on 9 July 2007, His Holiness 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.
References
- 1 2 "El Santo Padre nombra dos nuevos obispos para Cuba". ACI Prensa. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "El Papa nombra dos nuevos obispos para la Isla". cubaencuentro.com. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "Nuevos obispos para Cuba". cubaverdad.net. 3 August 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ G. Moreno (9 July 2007). "El Papa nombra dos nuevos obispos en Cuba, uno de ellos español". Notimérica. Europa Press. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "RINUNCE E NOMINE, 09.07.2007" (in Italian). Oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2016.