Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales


Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales
Bishop of Arecibo
DioceseArecibo
AppointedSeptember 14, 2022
InstalledOctober 17, 2022
PredecessorDaniel Fernández Torres
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationJune 2, 1990
by Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas
ConsecrationDecember 27, 2019
by Roberto González Nieves, Rubén González Medina, and Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader
Personal details
Born (1961-08-09) August 9, 1961
EducationPontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Center for Caribbean Dominican Studies
University of Navarra
Pontifical University of Saint Anthony
Pontifical University of Salamanca
MottoAdonde no hay amor, pon amor y sacarás amor
(Where there is no love, put in love and you will bring out love)
Styles of
Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Alberto Arturo Figueroa Morales (born August 9, 1961) is a Puerto Rican prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been bishop of the Diocese of Arecibo in Puerto Rico since 2022. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Juan in Puerto Rico from 2019 to 2022.

He was a member of the Capuchin Friars for several years while preparing for the priesthood and again from 1991 to 2010 while a priest. He became a secular priest of the Archdiocese of San Juan in 2010.