Roberto González Nieves
Franciscan friar and archbishop / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named named Roberto Gonzalez, see Roberto Gonzalez (disambiguation).
Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. (born June 2, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico since 1999.
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Archdiocese | Archdiocese of San Juan |
Appointed | March 26, 1999 |
Installed | May 8, 1999 |
Predecessor | Luis Aponte Martínez |
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Ordination | May 8, 1977 by Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano |
Consecration | October 3, 1988 by Bernard Francis Law, John O'Connor, and Luis Aponte Martinez |
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Born | (1950-06-02) June 2, 1950 (age 74) |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Motto | Vita per Jesum (Life through Jesus) |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
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González previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 1988 to 1995, and as Bishop of Corpus Christi from 1997 to 1999 after two years as coadjutor. He devoted his first decade as a priest to pastoral work in the Bronx, New York City.