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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 post(s)	Titular Bishop of Curzola
Orders
Ordination	April 21, 2001 by Iñaki Mallona Txertudi
Consecration	October 18, 2018 by Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, and Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens
Personal details
Born	Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres (1970-06-01) June 1, 1970 (age 54) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Denomination	Catholic Church
Motto	Ecce agnus Dei (Behold the lamb of God)

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

Juan Miguel Betancourt, S.E.M.V. (born June 1, 1970, in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a prelate of the Catholic Church serving as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut since 2018.

Biography

Early life

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. Betancourt joined the Society of the Servants of the Eucharist and Mary on January 1, 1992, and took perpetual vows to the order on August 6, 2000.

Betancourt graduated with a Bachelor of Natural Sciences degree from the University of Puerto Rico and received a Master of Divinity degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce.

Priesthood

On April 21, 2001, Betancourt was ordained a priest in Puerto Rico by Bishop Iñaki Mallona Txertudi for the Servants of the Eucharist and Mary. Following his ordination, Betancourt went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, earning a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture in 2005. After returning to Puerto Rico, he taught at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico and the Regina Cleri Major Seminary, both in Ponce, for one year.

In 2006, Betancourt was assigned by his order to be the pastor of St. Francis de Sales Parish in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota. He also served as a professor of sacred scripture at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity in St. Paul, Minnesota and as a vice rector of formation and associate academic dean from 2006 until 2018. He taught undergraduate theology at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota from 2006 through 2009.

Episcopacy

On September 18, 2018, Pope Francis appointed Betancourt as titular bishop of Curzola and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford. He was consecrated on October 18, 2018, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford by Archbishop Leonard Blair, with Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens as co-consecrators.

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. ^ Hartford, Archdiocese of. "Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt, SEMV". Archdiocese of Hartford. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
2. "Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
3. "Nomina dell'Ausiliare di Hartford (USA)" (in Italian). Press Office of the Holy See. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
4. "Pope Francis Names Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt, S.E.M.V., as Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
5. "Pope Names Fr. Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres Auxiliary Bishop for Archdiocese of Hartford". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
6. "Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2022-01-06.

External links

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