WASHINGTON—Pope
Francis has appointed Father Enrique Delgado as a new auxiliary bishop in the
Diocese of Miami, Florida. Father Delgado is a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami
and currently serves as pastor of St. Katharine Drexel Church in Weston,
Florida.

The
appointment was publicized in Washington on October 12 by Archbishop Christophe
Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Father
Delgado was born December 26, 1955 in Lima, Peru. He earned a master’s degree
in economics with a concentration in finance and accounting from the University
of Lima in Peru. He worked for several years managing a company before
immigrating to the United States. He entered seminary in the Archdiocese of
Miami in 1991.

He
completed his studies in philosophy at St. John Vianney College Seminary in
Miami and finished a master’s degree in theology in 1995 and a master of divinity
in 1996 from St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida.

He
was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Miami on June 29, 1996, in a Holy
Mass in Peru officiated by Monsignor Agustin Roman.

Assignments
after ordination include: parochial vicar at St. Agnes Church, Key Biscayne, Florida,
1996-1999; parochial vicar, Nativity Catholic Church, Hollywood, Florida, 1999-2003;
pastor, St. Justin the Martyr Catholic Church, Key Largo, Florida, 2003-2010;
pastor, St. Katharine Drexel Church, Weston, Florida, 2014-present.

Father
Delgado finished his doctoral studies in practical theology on December 19,
2015 from St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The
Archdiocese of Miami, Florida, comprises 4,958 square miles. It has a total
population of 4,317,591 people of which 496,528, or 12 percent, are Catholic.

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Keywords: Pope Francis, Reverend Enrique Delgado, Archbishop Christophe Pierre,
Apostolic Nunciature, Archdiocese of Miami.

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Source:: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops