Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto | |
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| Bishop of Raleigh | |
 Bishop Zarama after a Christmas midnight mass at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral | |
| Diocese | Raleigh |
| Appointed | July 5, 2017 |
| Installed | August 29, 2017 |
| Predecessor | Michael Francis Burbidge |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | November 27, 1993 by John Francis Donoghue |
| Consecration | July 27, 2009 by Wilton Daniel Gregory, Eusebius J. Beltran, and John Francis Donoghue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 28, 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Residence | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Motto | Deus caritas est (God is love) |
| Styles of Luis Rafael Zarama | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Luis Rafael Zarama Pasqualetto (born November 28, 1958) is a Colombian-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh in North Carolina since 2017. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta from 2009 to 2017
Zarama is the first Hispanic bishop of Raleigh and the first to be born outside the United States. He is the first Colombian bishop to lead an American diocese.