Pope Francis Names Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt, S.E.M.V., as Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford

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

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

Father Betancourt entered the Institute Servants of the Eucharist andthe Virgin Mary as a canonical postulant on January 1, 1992. He professed vowsas a religious on October 7, 1994. He received his bachelor's in theologicalstudies in May 2000 from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico andearned a Master of Divinity in 2002. He also holds a Licentiate in SacredScripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (2005). He was ordained onApril 21, 2001.

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

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

The Archdiocese of Hartford comprises 2,288 square miles. It has atotal population of 1,938,914 people of which 538, 983, or 27 percent, areCatholic. Archbishop Leonard P. Blair isthe current Archbishop of Hartford. 

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