Agustin Roman

Agustín Aleido Román Rodríguez (May 5, 1928 – April 11, 2012) was a Cuban-born prelate of the Román Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 1979 to 2003.

Early life Agustín Román was born in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, on May 5, 1928 to Rosendo Román and Juana M. Rodríguez. Deciding to become a priest, Román entered the St. Albert the Great Seminary in Matanzas to study philosophy. He continued his preparation at the Seminary of the Fathers of Foreign Missions in Montreal, Quebec, studying theology.

Priesthood Román was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Matanzas in Cuba on July 5, 1959 by Bishop Juan Alberto de la Merced Martín y Villaverde. From 1962 to 1966, he served as spiritual director and professor at the Institute of Humanities in Temuco, Chile. He was also assigned to the pastoral staff of Espíritu parish in Temuco. In response to people calling him a hero, Roman replied "A bishop, a priest, is a servant, not a hero." Wenski referred to Roman as the Felix Varela of our time. Florida Governor Rick Scott and U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen offered their condolences.

Apostolic succession The apostolic succession list: Archbishop Edward Anthony McCarthy (1965) Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter (1931) Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas OP (1918) Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggiani OP (1908) Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val y Zulueta (1900) Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tindaro (1882) Cardinal Edward Henry Howard (1872) Cardinal Carlo Sacconi (1851) Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni (1822) Cardinal Pietro Francesco Galleffi (1819) Cardinal Alessandro Mattei (1777) Cardinal Bernardino Giraud (1767) Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico (1743) Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (1724) Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina OP (1675) Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni (1666) Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna (1630) Cardinal Luigi Caetani (1622) Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1621) Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale (1604) Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio OP (1586) Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio (1566) Scipione Cardinal Rebiba