Agustin Roman

Agustin Roman
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami
Bishop Roman stands in front of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in Miami.
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Miami
In office	March 24, 1979–May 5, 2003
Orders
Ordination	July 5, 1959 by Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde
Consecration	March 24, 1979 by Edward Anthony McCarthy
Personal details
Born	May 5, 1928 San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba
Died	April 11, 2012 (aged 83) Miami, United States

Agustín Alejo Román Rodríguez (May 5, 1928 in San Antonio de los Baños – April 11, 2012 in Miami) was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and the Titular Bishop of Sertei.

His parents were Rosendo Román and Juana M. Rodríguez. He 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. He received a Master's in Religious Studies from Barry University and a Master's in Human Resources from St. Thomas University.

He was ordained a priest on July 5, 1959, and assigned to the Diocese of Matanzas. He was assigned to the parishes of Coliseo-Lagunillas and Pedro Betancourt and Spiritual Director of Juventud Católica. He 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.

From 1962 to 1966, he was Spiritual Director and Professor at the Institute of Humanities in Temuco, Chile. He was also assigned to the parish of Espíritu in Temuco. From 1967 to 1973, he was the chaplain of Mercy Hospital in Miami, United States.

He served on the U.S. Bishops' Committee for Hispanic Affairs, and was a member of the Committee on Migration and Tourism. He was also director of the Charismatic Movement (1977-1979), member of the committee on Popular Piety, and episcopal vicar for the Spanish-speaking people of the Archdiocese (1976 – 1984).

On February 6, 1979, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami; his Principal Consecrator was Miami's Archbishop, Edward Anthony McCarthy. On March 24, 1979, he was consecrated Titular Bishop of Sertei. He was the first Cuban bishop in the United States.