Leopold Frade
| The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade | |
|---|---|
| III Bishop of Southeast Florida | |
| Church | Episcopal Church in the United States of America |
| See | Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida |
| In office | 2000- |
| Predecessor | Calvin O. Schofield, Jr. |
| Successor | Peter Eaton January 8th, 2016 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1977 |
| Consecration | 1984 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 Havana, Cuba |
| Previous post | Bishop of Honduras 1984-2000 |
Leo Frade (Leopold Frade; 10 October 1943- in Havana, Cuba), is the third Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and former Bishop of Honduras. He is the son of devout Methodists Leopoldo and Angela Frade.
Frade attended Candler College (now Amistad Cubano-Sovietica Technical School), a Methodist school in Cuba and received a B.L. in 1960, He continued his college education in the United States at Asbury College, but left at the end of his junior year to join his family in New York and to go to work.
While in New York, Leo Frade decided to join the Episcopal Church and after moving to Miami in 1969, he was confirmed and started to prepare for seminary. He studied theology at the University of the South and received an M.Div. in 1977. He also received a B.A. from Biscayne College, now St. Thomas University, in 1978.
Frade has received the following honorary degrees:
Frade was ordained to the diaconate April 17, 1977, and to the priesthood October 17, 1977. On January 25, 1984, he was consecrated bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras.
He served as curate of Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Miami, Florida, from 1977–1978, and priest in charge of Hispanic ministries of Grace Episcopal Church, in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1978-1982. After the Mariel Boatlift, Frade was one of two Episcopal priests to be convicted for "trading with the enemy" for their part in bringing 402 refugees from Mariel on a converted minesweeper, the God's Mercy. The conviction was later overturned.
He served as Bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of Honduras from 1984–2000, when he was elected the third Bishop of Southeast Florida; he was translated in 2000.
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