Juan Miguel Betancourt

Juan Miguel Betancourt
Styles of; Juan Miguel Betancourt
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Juan Miguel Betancourt
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Juan Miguel Betancourt; S.E.M.V.
	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford; Titular Bishop of Curzola
Archdiocese	Hartford
Appointed	September 18, 2018
Installed	October 18, 2018
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Curzola
Orders
Ordination	April 21, 2001
Consecration	October 18, 2018; by Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, and Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens
Personal details
Birth name	Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres
Born	June 1, 1970; Ponce, Puerto Rico
Motto	ECCE AGNUS DEI
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Juan Miguel Betancourt, S.E.M.V. (born June 1, 1970 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican religious and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.

Biography

Early life and priesthood

Juan Miguel Betancourt was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on June 1, 1970 to Miguel and Gloria Betancourt. He is the oldest of three children. He joined the Servants of the Eucharist and of the Blessed Virgin Mary on January 1, 1992, and took perpetual vows on August 6, 2000. On April 21, 2001, he was ordained a priest.

Bishop Betancourt graduated with a Bachelor of Natural Sciences from the University of Puerto Rico and received a Master of Divinity degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Following ordination, he earned a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 2005.

From 2005 to 2006, he taught at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico and Regina Cleri Major Seminary.

In 2006, then-Father Betancourt was assigned by his order to be the pastor of St. Francis de Sales parish in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

He also served as a professor of sacred scripture at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, MN and also served as a vice rector of formation and associate academic dean from 2006 until 2018. He taught undergraduate theology at the University of St. Thomas from 2006 through 2009.

Episcopacy

On September 18, 2018, Pope Francis appointed him titular bishop of Curzola and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford.[1][2][3] He was consecrated as bishop on October 18, 2018 by Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair of Hartford, Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese of Military Services, and Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

References

"Nomina dell'Ausiliare di Hartford (USA)" (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
"Pope Francis Names Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt, S.E.M.V., as Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
"Pope Names Fr. Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres Auxiliary Bishop for Archdiocese of Hartford". Retrieved September 18, 2018.

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford Official Site

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Christie Macaluso	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford 2018-Present	Succeeded by -

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[1] "Nomina dell'Ausiliare di Hartford (USA)" (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.

[2] "Pope Francis Names Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt, S.E.M.V., as Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford". Retrieved September 18, 2018.

[3] "Pope Names Fr. Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres Auxiliary Bishop for Archdiocese of Hartford". Retrieved September 18, 2018.

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Ordinaries	Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archbishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair
Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza Juan Miguel Betancourt
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury St. Mary's Church, New Haven
Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High Schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol
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Ordinaries	Bishops Joseph Crétin Thomas Grace Archbishops John Ireland Austin Dowling John Gregory Murray William O. Brady Leo Binz John Roach Harry Joseph Flynn John Clayton Nienstedt Bernard Hebda Coadjutor Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne
Auxiliary Bishops	John Jeremiah Lawler James J. Byrne Leonard Philip Cowley Gerald Francis O'Keefe James P. Shannon John Roach Raymond Alphonse Lucker Paul Vincent Dudley John Francis Kinney William Henry Bullock James Richard Ham Robert James Carlson Joseph Charron Lawrence Welsh Frederick F. Campbell Richard Pates Lee A. Piché Andrew H. Cozzens
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Education	Higher Education St. Catherine University University of St. Thomas Seminaries St. John Vianney College Seminary Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity High Schools Academy of Holy Angels, Richfield Benilde-St. Margaret's, St. Louis Park Bethlehem Academy, Faribault Chesterton Academy, Edina Convent of the Visitation, Mendota Heights Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis Hill-Murray School, Maplewood Holy Family Catholic High School, Victoria Providence Academy, Plymouth Saint Agnes High School, St. Paul Saint Thomas Academy, Mendota Heights Totino-Grace High School, Fridley
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