Paulino Bernal

Paulino Bernal (June 22, 1939 – September 10, 2022)[1] was an American accordion player and Christian evangelist. He was a member of the Tejano Tex-Mex group Conjunto Bernal.

In 1972, Paulino converted from the apostolic Christian Evangelical and founded Bernal Christian Records to evangelize his Protestant Christian beliefs. Bernal owned and operated more than a dozen Spanish Language religious radio stations in Texas, which carried a satellite-fed programming schedule through his La Nuevo Cristiana ministry. In 2008 Paulino Bernal released a new CD of polkas produced by Grammy-winning producer Armando Lichtenberger Jr., "El Maestro Del Accordion Y Sus Polkas" on Urban Records and received his first Grammy nomination for Best Polka Album for the 51st Annual Grammys.[2]

  1. ^ Staff, FOX3 Now (2022-09-11). "Former accordion player and Christian evangelist, Paulino Bernal, passed away". Fox3 Now. Retrieved 2022-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Governor - Texas Radio Stations - South Texas". www.governor.state.tx.us. Archived from the original on 2003-02-10.