1. Agustin Aleido Roman Rodriguez was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and the Titular Bishop of Sertei.
17 Facts About Agustin Roman
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Agustin Roman's parents were Rosendo Roman and Juana M Rodriguez.
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Agustin Roman studied philosophy at the San Alberto Magno Seminary in Matanzas and then studied theology at the Seminary of the Fathers of Foreign Missions in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Agustin Roman received a Master's in Religious Studies from Barry University and a Master's in Human Resources from St Thomas University.
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Agustin Roman was ordained a priest on July 5,1959, and assigned to the Diocese of Matanzas.
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Agustin Roman was assigned to the parishes of Coliseo-Lagunillas and Pedro Betancourt and Spiritual Director of Juventud Catolica.
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Agustin Roman was expelled from Cuba on September 17,1961, by the Communist regime along with another 130 priests and the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Havana, Eduardo Tomas Boza-Masvidal, on the Spanish ship Covadonga.
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Agustin Roman was assigned to the parish of Espiritu in Temuco.
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Agustin Roman served on the US Bishops' Committee for Hispanic Affairs, and was a member of the Committee on Migration and Tourism.
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Agustin Roman was director of the Charismatic Movement, member of the committee on Popular Piety, and episcopal vicar for the Spanish-speaking people of the Archdiocese.
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Agustin Roman was the first Cuban bishop in the United States.
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In December 1986, when Cuban detainees rioted in US Federal Prisons in Atlanta, Georgia, and Oakdale, Louisiana, to protest their indefinite incarceration and probable deportation to Cuba, the prisoners called on Bishop Roman to be the mediator for their negotiations with the federal agents.
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On May 5,2003, Bishop Agustin Roman turned 75 and, as required under canon law, submitted his resignation as Auxiliary Bishop of Miami.
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Bishop Agustin Roman was identified with the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami until the very end of his mortal life.
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Agustin Roman's exhortations raised enough money to pay for the construction, which he oversaw.
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Agustin Roman remained active there, first as its director, from 1967, and then as its rector emeritus, after retiring from active ministry in 2003.
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Agustin Roman was considered the principal spokesman for Catholic Cuban-American exiles.