Elias R. Lorenzo


Elias Richard Lorenzo

OSB
Auxiliary bishop of Newark
Elias Lorenzo
ArchdioceseNewark
AppointedFebruary 27, 2020
InstalledJune 30, 2020
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Tabuda
President, American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation
Orders
OrdinationJune 24, 1989
by Frank Joseph Rodimer
ConsecrationJune 30, 2020
by Joseph W. Tobin, Manuel Aurelio Cruz, John Walter Flesey
Personal details
Born (1960-10-06) October 6, 1960 (age 63)
MottoNihil impossibile apud Deum
(Nothing is impossible with God)
Coat of armsElias Richard Lorenzo's coat of arms
Styles of
Elias Richard Lorenzo
Elias Lorenzo Coat of Arms
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Elias Richard Lorenzo, O.S.B. (born October 6, 1960) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey since 2020.[1]

Lorenzo previously served as the abbot president of the American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictine monasteries.[2] He was the third member of St. Mary's Abbey in Morris Township, New Jersey, to hold this position and the first to become a bishop.

  1. ^ "Three Auxiliary Bishops Named for Archdiocese of Newark". Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "The American-Cassinese Congregation | Officers". www.osb.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2017-12-05.