WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt,
S.E.M.V. as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Father Betancourt
is a member of the Institute of the Servants of the Holy Eucharist and the
Blessed Virgin Mary (Esclavos de la
Eucaristia y de Maria Virgen).

Father Betancourt entered the Institute Servants of the Eucharist and
the Virgin Mary as a canonical postulant on January 1, 1992. He professed vows
as a religious on October 7, 1994. He received his bachelor’s in theological
studies in May 2000 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico and
earned a Master of Divinity in 2002. He also holds a Licentiate in Sacred
Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (2005). He was ordained on
April 21, 2001.

His assignments include: professor of sacred scripture at the
Pontifical University of Puerto Rico (2005-2006), professor of sacred scripture
at Regina Cleri Major Seminary in Puerto Rico (2005-2006), assistant professor
of sacred scripture at the Seminary of Saint Paul (2006-present), adjunct
professor at the University of St. Thomas (2006-present), local superior at the
Casa de San Jose in Saint Paul, MN, (2006-present) and pastor of the churches
of Saint James and Saint Francis de Sales in Saint Paul, MN (2006-present).

Father Betancourt is also a Board Member of the National Conference
for Seminarians in Hispanic Ministry (2009-present) and a liaison for Foreign
Seminarians at St. Paul Seminary (2008-present).

The Archdiocese of Hartford comprises 2,288 square miles. It has a
total population of 1,938,914 people of which 538, 983, or 27 percent, are
Catholic. Archbishop Leonard P. Blair is
the current Archbishop of Hartford.

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Keywords: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops,
USCCB, Pope Francis, Archbishop
Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio, Rev. Juan Miguel
Betancourt, Archdiocese of Hartford, Archbishop Leonard Blair

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Source:: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops