Juan Miguel Betancourt
Latin Catholic auxiliary 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. [ 1]
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.[ 1]
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.[ 2] 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.[ 1]
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.[ 1]
Episcopacy
On September 18, 2018, Pope Francis appointed Betancourt as titular bishop of Curzola and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford by Archbishop Leonard Blair , with Archbishop Timothy Broglio and Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens as co-consecrators.[ 1] [ 6]
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Ordinaries Auxiliary bishops 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 St. Augustine Church, Hartford 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. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven 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 St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes
St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury Education
Seminaries
St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools
Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall , MilfordCanterbury School , New MilfordEast Catholic High School , ManchesterHoly Cross High School , WaterburyNorthwest Catholic High School , West HartfordNotre Dame High School , West HavenSacred Heart Academy , HamdenSacred Heart High School , WaterburySt. Paul Catholic High School , Bristol Priests
Ordinaries Auxiliary bishops Churches
Cathedrals
Cathedral of Saint Paul Basilica of Saint Mary Former cathedrals
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Guardian Angels Church, Chaska St. Peter's Church, Mendota Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Minneapolis Church of St. Stephen, Minneapolis Church of St. Wenceslaus, New Prague Church of St. Mark, Saint Paul Church of St. Mary, New Trier Church of St. Michael, St. Michael Church of the Assumption, St. Paul Church of St. Agnes, St. Paul Church of St. Bernard, St. Paul Church of St. Casimir, St. Paul St. Mary's Church of the Purification, Marystown Church of the Annunciation, Webster Township Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Wheatland Township Historic
Church of St. Hubertus, Chanhassen Chapel
Our Lady of Victory Chapel Education
Higher education
St. Catherine University University of St. Thomas Seminaries
Saint John Vianney College Seminary Saint Paul Seminary Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (defunct)High schools
Academy of Holy Angels , RichfieldBenilde-St. Margaret's , St. Louis ParkBethlehem Academy , FaribaultChesterton Academy , EdinaConvent of the Visitation , Mendota HeightsCretin-Derham Hall , St. PaulCristo Rey Jesuit High School , MinneapolisDeLaSalle High School , MinneapolisHill-Murray School , MaplewoodHoly Family Catholic High School , VictoriaProvidence Academy , PlymouthSaint Agnes School , St. PaulSaint Thomas Academy , Mendota HeightsTotino-Grace High School , Fridley Priests Other
