Manuel Aurelio Cruz

Manuel Aurelio Cruz ( born December 2, 1953 in Havana ) is Auxiliary Bishop of Newark.

Life

The Archbishop of Newark, Peter Leo Gerety, ordained him a priest on 31 May 1980.

Pope Benedict XVI. appointed him on 9 June 2008 as Auxiliary Bishop of Newark and Titular Bishop of Gaguari. The Archbishop of Newark, John Joseph Myers, donated to him on September 8 year episcopal ordination; Peter Leo Gerety were co-consecrators, Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, and David Arias Pérez, OAR, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark.