René Arnold Valero

{{Short description|American Roman Catholic bishop (1930–2019)}}

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| title = Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn
Titular Bishop of Vicus Turris

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René Arnold Valero (August 15, 1930 – March 10, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York from 1980 to 2005.

Biography

Born in Manhattan, New York City, Valero was ordained to the priesthood on June 2, 1956, for the Diocese of Brooklyn.

On October 4, 1980, he was named auxiliary bishop of the Brooklyn Diocese and titular bishop of Vicus Turris. He was consecrated bishop on November 24, 1980.

Valero retired on October 27, 2005.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvalero.html Rene Arnold Valero]

Valero died on Sunday, March 10, 2019.[http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-V.htm#2281 Diocese of Brooklyn]

See also

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