The Venerable Third Order of Carmel Philippines, prayerfully congratulates His Excellency, LUIS FRANCISCO MIRANDA RIVERA, O.Carm. DD, on his elevation as the new bishop of the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico.
The Carmelite Order gave the announcement on May 16, 2020, that the Most Holy Father, His Holiness Pope Francis, has nominated bishop of the Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao in Puerto Rico, Reverend Father Luis Francisco Miranda Rivera, O.Carm of the Provincial Commissariat of the Antilles of the Province of Aragon, Castile and Valencia.
Father Luis Francisco was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on January 22, 1954. Following his profession in the Order on August 15, 1980, he studied theology at the Pontificate University of Salamanca in Spain, after which he completed a Licentiate in Theology (Religious Life). He was ordained a priest on September 14, 1984.
He is currently the delegate of the flourishing Carmelite Third Order in Puerto Rico, which has already established 17 lay Carmelite communities in the country. He has lived with the Carmelite Community of San Juan de Puerto Rico for the past 15 years and has served as pastor in the Parish of Santa Teresa de San Juan in Puerto Rico, as well as Episcopal Vicar of the San Juan-Santurce Zone.
AD MULTOS ANNOS IN MINISTERIO CHRISTI!
