Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas

Bishop of MayagĂĽez

Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1933

Place of Birth: Lajas, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 05-Aug-2018

Profession: Catholic priest, emeritus bishop

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas

  • Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas (September 25, 1933 – August 5, 2018) was a Puerto Rican bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of MayagĂĽez, in MayagĂĽez.Casiano was born at the Palmarejo ward in the nearby town of Lajas, which is also the birthplace of the first native Puerto Rican Roman Catholic cardinal, Luis Aponte MartĂ­nez.
  • He attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in nearby Ponce, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education (Social Sciences) in 1955.
  • He then became a schoolteacher and school administrator, with a reputation for efficiency.
  • He then joined the University's Regina Cleri Seminar, and continued Theology studies at Our Lady of Angels seminar in New York.
  • Casiano was eventually ordered as a priest on May 30, 1967.
  • He later obtained a Juris Doctor degree in Canonical Law from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Monsignor Casiano was named first bishop for the newly created Diocese of the Mayaguez by Pope Paul VI on March 3, 1976, and was consecrated by Cardinal Aponte MartĂ­nez on April 30, 1976. A former choirmaster while studying at the Regina Cleri seminar, Casiano has promoted the development of the musical ministries associated with the MayagĂĽez diocese.
  • For instance, every Good Friday, at the reading of the Seven Words of Jesus on The Cross at MayagĂĽez's cathedral, the sermon features a musical piece, in seven parts, written by local music professor JosĂ© Antonio Gaudier (The Elder) in 1873, and played by the diocese's philharmonic orchestra. Monsignor Casiano has earned two nicknames among mayagĂĽezanos.
  • His stamina, charisma and tenacity earned him the name The Obispator, a portmanteau of the Spanish word for bishop, obispo, and The Terminator (the movie character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger).
  • As he has successfully achieved the construction or remodeling of various diocese landmarks (such as MayagĂĽez's cathedral) he has also been nicknamed "Ulises Trump". Bishop Casiano retired on July 6, 2011.
  • Pope Benedict XVI named Alvaro Corrada del Rio as his successor. Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas died on Sunday August 5, 2018 at Hospital de la ConcepciĂłn de San Germán, Puerto Rico at age 84.
  • He was buried at Our Lady of the Candelaria Cathedral in MayagĂĽez, Puerto Rico.

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