Rafael Morales (bishop)

Rafael Luis Morales is the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico, consecrated as such on July 22, 2017. Born into the Roman Catholic Church, then Catholic Deacon Morales was received by Bishop David Andrés Alvarez-Velázquez into the Anglican faith, which would allow him, a married man, to be ordained into the priesthood.

Prior to being consecrated a bishop, Morales' roles included serving as a parish priest in Toa Baja, a suburb of Puerto Rico's capital city of San Juan, and as head of the Episcopal Cathedral School.

He was chosen on December 10, 2016 among four candidates, including a female priest, by the Diocesan Assembly to succeed the Rt. Rev. David Alvarez as the Diocesan Bishop and take over the reins of the church from Bishop Wilfrido Ramos-Orench, who served as provisional diocesan bishop for approximately 3 years after Alvarez' retirement upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 72.

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    Episcopal Church (USA) titles
    Preceded by
    David Andrés Alvarez-Velázquez and Wilfrido Ramos-Orench (provisional 2015-2017)}    		 Diocesan Bishop of Puerto Rico
    2017-present    		 Succeeded by
    Incumbent
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