Bishop Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez

Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jan 1974		Born
1993²	18.9	Entered	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
22 Sep 2002	28.6	Solemn Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
3 Jul 2004	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
29 Jun 2012	38.4	Incardinated	Priest of Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 Dec 2025	51.9	Appointed	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
24 Feb 2026	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez
Bishop Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez
(born 15 Jan 1974)
Bishop of Palm Beach

Event Place
Birth Place Moca, Diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Ordained Priest Santo Domingo, Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Ordained Bishop St. Ignatius Loyola, Cathedral, Palm Beach Gardens, Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Palm Beach.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Robert John Brennan
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York
Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito
Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski (1997)
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Archbishop John Clement Favalora (1986)
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q137461833

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Dec 2025
bp/loc: CB, 20 Dec 2025
ob: CB, 29 Dec 2025
sole: CB, 22 Jan 2026
c1: CB, 15 Feb 2026

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