Manuel Aurelio Cruz
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Manuel Aurelio Cruz DD |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Newark Titular Bishop of Gaguari |
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| Archdiocese | Newark |
| Appointed | June 9, 2008 |
| Installed | September 8, 2008 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Gaguari |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 31, 1980 by Peter Leo Gerety |
| Consecration | September 8, 2008 by John Joseph Myers, Peter Leo Gerety, and David Arias Pérez |
| Rank | Titular Bishop of Gaguari |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 2, 1953 Havana, Cuba |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation |
University professor Prelate |
| Previous post | Vice President of Mission and Ministry for Catholic Health and Human Services Director of the Archdiocesan Office of Pastoral Care Chaplain of His Holiness Parochial Vicar of Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart Member of the Archdiocesan Vocations Committee Parochial Vicar of Holy Rosary Church, Elizabeth, NJ |
| Alma mater | Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology |
| Motto | CARITAS |
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Styles of Manuel Aurelio Cruz |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Manuel Aurelio Cruz (born December 2, 1953) is a Cuban American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark. He was appointed to the position by Pope Benedict XVI on June 9, 2008.
Manuel Aurelio Cruz was born in Havana, Cuba on December 2, 1953 to Juan and Caridad Cruz. He fled to the United States with his parents in 1966 to escape the revolution, living in Florida before settling in Union City, New Jersey. In his youth, he spent eight years as a member of the emergency room staff at Saint James Hospital in Newark. He attended Seton Hall University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Master of Arts in Sacred Scripture. He studied for the priesthood at the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology.
Cruz was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark on May 31, 1980. He was the first Cuban-born priest ordained in the Archdiocese. Following his ordination, Cruz served as parochial vicar at Holy Rosary Parish in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1982, he was appointed a parochial vicar at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey. In 1986, he was appointed to the Archdiocesan Vocations Committee by then Archbishop Theodore Edgar McCarrick. He served as Dean of Deanery from 1991 to 1993. In 2000, Pope John Paul II bestowed upon Cruz the honorary title Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title Monsignor.
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