Rubén González Medina

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Rubén Antonio González Medina C.M.F.
Bishop of Ponce
Church	Roman Catholicism
Archdiocese	San Juan
Diocese	Ponce
Appointed	December 22, 2015
Installed	January 31, 2016
Predecessor	Félix Lázaro Martínez, Sch.P.
Orders
Ordination	February 9, 1975
Consecration	February 4, 2001 by Luis Aponte Martinez, François Robert Bacqué, and Roberto González Nieves
Personal details
Born	February 9, 1949 Santurce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	American
Previous post	Bishop of Caguas (2001-2016)
Alma mater	Seminario Diocesano de Paso Ancho
Motto	FIJOS LOS OJOS EN JESÚS

Styles of Rubén Antonio González Medina
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Ordination history of
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado
Date of ordination	September 8, 1974
Place of ordination	Costa Rica
Priestly ordination
Date of ordination	February 9, 1975
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Luis Aponte Martínez
Date of consecration	February 4, 2001
Place of consecration	Cathedral Dulce Nombre de Jesus, Caguas, Puerto Rico

Rubén Antonio González Medina, C.M.F. (born February 9, 1949) is a Puerto Rican prelate of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Ponce.

Biography

Early life

González was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on February 9, 1949. In 1966, at 17 years of age, he was admitted to the Claretian novitiate in Salvatierra, Álava, Spain, and professed temporary religious vows in 1967. He then studied, from 1969 to 1973, philosophy and the first year of theology in Colmenar Viejo, Community of Madrid. In 1972 he professed his perpetual vows as a member of the congregation, and then completed his studies in the diocesan seminary of Paso Ancho, Costa Rica.^[1]

Ecclesiastical career

González was ordained a deacon in Costa Rica on September 8, 1974, and a Catholic priest on his birthday in 1975. He was elected as the local superior of the Claretian Missionaries of the Antilles in 1999. He was appointed Bishop of Caguas by Pope John Paul II on 12 December 12, 2000, to take over the charge of the diocese from its Apostolic Administrator, Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J., for which he was ordained a bishop by Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez on February 4, 2001.<ref name=CH /^[2]

In 2015, González was transferred by Pope Francis to head the Diocese of Ponce.^[3]

References

1. "Obispo". Diócesis de Caguas.(Spanish)
2. "Bishop Ruben Antonio González Medina, C.M.F.". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved January 31, 2016.

Episcopal succession