Luis Miguel Romero Fernández

Luis Miguel Romero Fernández M.Id, (born June 16, 1954) is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York since 2020.

Biography

Early life

Romero was born on June 16, 1954, in Palencia, Spain, Spain, and raised in Huelva, Spain. He entered the Idente Missionaries in 1972.

Romero was ordained to the priesthood in Tenerife, Spain, by Archbishop Paul Karatas for the Indente Missionaries Order on September 11, 1981. He received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Zaragoza in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1987.

Romero worked for 25 years in Latin America, including a stint from 1996 to 2009 as chancellor and rector-chancellor of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja in San Cayetano Alto, Ecuador. In 2007, Romero was named president of the Organización Universitaria Interamericana (Inter-American Organization for Higher Education). In December 2019, Romero was named vicar of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York.

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre

Pope Francis appointed Romero as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre and titular bishop of Egara on March 3, 2020. His consecration as bishop, initially scheduled for April 16, 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was consecrated as a bishop by Bishop John Barres on June 29, 2020.