Rubén González Medina

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Rubén Antonio González Medina
C.M.F.
Bishop of Ponce
Church Roman Catholicism
Archdiocese San Juan
Diocese Ponce
Appointed December 22, 2015
Installed January 31, 2016
Predecessor Félix Lázaro Martínez, Sch.P.
Orders
Ordination February 9, 1975
by Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado
Consecration February 4, 2001
by Luis Aponte Martinez, François Robert Bacqué, and Roberto González Nieves
Personal details
Born (1949-02-09) February 9, 1949
Santurce, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Nationality American
Previous post Bishop of Caguas (2001-2016)
Alma mater Seminario Diocesano de Paso Ancho
Motto FIJOS LOS OJOS EN JESÚS
Styles of
Rubén Antonio González Medina
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop
Ordination history of
Rubén González Medina
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado
Date September 8, 1974
Place Costa Rica
Priestly ordination
Date February 9, 1975
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by Luis Aponte Martínez
Date February 4, 2001
Place Catedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Rubén Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. (born February 9, 1949) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Ponce.

Biography

Early life

González was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on February 9, 1949. In 1966, at 17 years of age, he was admitted to the Claretian novitiate in Salvatierra, Álava, Spain, and professed temporary religious vows in 1967. He then studied, from 1969 to 1973, philosophy and the first year of theology in Colmenar Viejo, Community of Madrid. In 1972 he professed his perpetual vows as a member of the congregation, and then completed his studies in the diocesan seminary of Paso Ancho, Costa Rica.[1]

Ecclesiastical career

González was ordained a deacon in Costa Rica on September 8, 1974, and a Catholic priest on his birthday in 1975. He was elected as the local superior of the Claretian Missionaries of the Antilles in 1999. He was appointed Bishop of Caguas by Pope John Paul II on 12 December 12, 2000, to take over the charge of the diocese from its Apostolic Administrator, Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J., for which he was ordained a bishop by Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez on February 4, 2001.[2]

In 2015, González was transferred by Pope Francis to head the Diocese of Ponce.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Obispo". Diócesis de Caguas. (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 "Bishop Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F." Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved January 31, 2016. [self-published]
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Félix Lázaro Martínez		 Bishop of Ponce
2015–Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera		 Bishop of Caguas
2000–2015		 Succeeded by
Eusebio Ramos Morales
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