Abbot and Most Rev. Bernardo Morales Biographical Information
Bernardo Morales entered the minor seminary
in Ecuador, South America and continued his studies
at the Pontifical Catholic University of San Gregorio, where he took his first
philosophy courses which he continued at Arequipa, Perú. He
continued his theological studies in
Spain at the San Carlos Borromeo Seminary located in Málaga and in the San Juan
de Dios in Madrid. He completed his theological studies at the Saint Thomas
Aquinas College in Sparhill, NY and went on to earn a Doctor of Ministry degree
from Lake Charles Bible College in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2005.
On June 10th, 1986 Morales was ordained to
the order of Deacon at the Tagaste Monastery located in NY and continued there
until his Presbyter ordination on May 13, 1992. He was consecrated to the
Episcopal order at the Sts. Perpetua y Felicidad located in St Cloud, Florida on
March 29th, 1998 by the Most Reverend Bishop David Strong, the Most Reverend
Bernardo Morales entered the minor seminary
in Ecuador, South America and continued his studies
at the Pontifical Catholic University of San Gregorio, where he took his first
philosophy courses which he continued at Arequipa, Perú. He
continued his theological studies in
Spain at the San Carlos Borromeo Seminary located in Málaga and in the San Juan
de Dios in Madrid. He completed his theological studies at the Saint Thomas
Aquinas College in Sparhill, NY and went on to earn a Doctor of Ministry degree
from Lake Charles Bible College in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 2005.
On June 10th, 1986 Morales was ordained to
the order of Deacon at the Tagaste Monastery located in NY and continued there
until his Presbyter ordination on May 13, 1992. He was consecrated to the
Episcopal order at the Sts. Perpetua y Felicidad located in St Cloud, Florida on
March 29th, 1998 by the Most Reverend Bishop David Strong, the Most Reverend
Robert Bowman and the Most Reverend John Reeves.
Bishop Morales serves today at the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Cathedral of Sts. Perpetua and
Felicidad in St Cloud, Florida and as the Abbot of the Subiaco monastery Benedictines monks of the
Divine Infant Jesus in that same city. Bishop Morales ministry and that of
the Order he leads are active in working for the Hispanic community of that
region.
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