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, Arequipa, Perú,
followed by further advanced studies at the San Carlos Borromeo Seminary located in
Málaga, Spain, and at the San Juan
de Dios in Madrid. Morales 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.
On June 10th, 1986 Morales was ordained to
the order of Deacon at the Tagaste Monastery in NY and continued there
until his Presbyter ordination on May 13, 1992. He was consecrated to the
Episcopal order at Sts. Perpetua y Felicidad in St Cloud, Florida on March 29th,
1998 by the Bishops David Strong, Robert Bowman, and John Reeves.
Bishop Morales serves today at the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Cathedral of Sts. Perpetua and
Felicidad in St Cloud, Florida and serves as the Abbot of the Subiaco monastery
of Benedictine monks of the Divine Infant Jesus in St. Cloud, where the
order is active in working for the Hispanic community of the
region.
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