Eduardo Alanis Nevares was born on February 19,1954 and is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church.
14 Facts About Eduardo Nevares
1.
2.
Eduardo Nevares has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix in Arizona since 2010.
3.
Eduardo Nevares received his early education at the parochial school of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Houston.
4.
Eduardo Nevares continued his studies at La Salette Junior College Seminary in Altamont, New York, where he earned an Associate's degree in 1974.
5.
Eduardo Nevares attended the Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette Philosophy Seminary in Ipswich, Massachusetts, for one year before entering St Thomas University in Houston.
6.
Eduardo Nevares earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree there in 1976.
7.
Eduardo Nevares entered the novitiate of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette in 1976, professing his first vows in 1977 and his final vows in 1980.
8.
Eduardo Nevares completed his theological studies at Kenrick Seminary in St Louis, Missouri, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree in 1981.
9.
From 1988 to 1991, Eduardo Nevares served as vocations director for the La Salette Missionaries.
10.
Eduardo Nevares then resumed his pastoral ministry, serving as a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Jacksonville, Texas and as a chaplain at Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
11.
From 1993 to 2002, Eduardo Nevares served as pastor of St Patrick's Church in Lufkin.
12.
Eduardo Nevares became co-director of vocations for holy orders and consecrated life in the Diocese of Tyler in 2002.
13.
On May 11,2010, Eduardo Nevares was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix and titular bishop of Natchesium by Pope Benedict XVI.
14.
Eduardo Nevares is the first auxiliary bishop of and the first Hispanic bishop of the diocese.