1. Octavio Cisneros was born on July 19,1945 and is a Cuban-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
15 Facts About Octavio Cisneros
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Octavio Cisneros served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City from 2006 to 2020.
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The third of four children, Octavio Cisneros was born on July 19,1945, in Las Villas, a province of Cuba, to Roberto Cisneros and Olga Lezcano.
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Octavio Cisneros studied in Cuba under the Piarist Fathers as a child.
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In October 1961, Octavio Cisneros immigrated to the United States as a political refugee as part of Operation Peter Pan.
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Octavio Cisneros studied theology at DeSales School of Theology in Washington, DC, and at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, New York, earning a Master of Divinity degree.
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Octavio Cisneros was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn by Bishop Francis Mugavero on May 29,1971.
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In 1979, Octavio Cisneros was named diocesan coordinator of the Hispanic Apostolate.
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In 2004, Octavio Cisneros was named secretary for priestly formation in the diocesan chancery.
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On June 6,2006, Octavio Cisneros was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Eanach Duin by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Octavio Cisneros received his episcopal consecration on August 22,2006, from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, with Bishops Thomas Daily and Ignatius Catanello serving as co-consecrators.
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Octavio Cisneros served as vice-postulator of the cause for canonization of Felix Varela, a 19th-century Cuban priest.
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On July 19,2020, Octavio Cisneros reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 for bishops and submitted his letter of resignation to Pope Francis.
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Octavio Cisneros continues to serve as pastor of Holy Child Jesus, as well as vicar of Hispanic concerns for the diocese.
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On January 20,2022, Octavio Cisneros traveled to Chalatenango, El Salvador to celebrate a mass at the gravesites of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford.