Héctor Rivera Pérez

Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez (May 15, 1933 – April 9, 2019) was an auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Héctor Rivera Pérez
Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia
Church	Roman Catholicism
Archdiocese	San Juan
Appointed	June 11, 1979
Installed	August 17, 1979
Term ended	October 31, 2009
Other posts	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia
Orders
Ordination	June 12, 1966
Consecration	August 17, 1979 by Luis Aponte Martinez, Rafael Grovas Felix, and Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez
Personal details
Birth name	Héctor Manuel Rivera Pérez
Born	May 15, 1933 Naranjito, Puerto Rico
Died	April 9, 2019 (aged 85) Carolina, Puerto Rico
Buried	La Resurrección Cemetery in Carolina, Puerto Rico

Styles of Héctor Rivera Pérez
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Life

Bishop Rivera Pérez obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology in 1964 and earned a degree in social Sciences in the year 1969 in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelicum, in Rome. Rivera Pérez was consecrated a bishop by John Paul II on August 17, 1979 and retired October 31, 2009.[1]

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of Puerto Rico
• 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. Catholic-Hierarchy.org retrieved May 20, 2011

External links

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan (Official Site in Spanish)

Episcopal succession