Luis Miguel Romero Fernández


Luis Miguel Romero Fernández M.Id, is a Spanish priest of the Catholic Church and serves as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Biography

Romero was born in Palencia, Spain, and raised in Huelva. He entered the Idente Missionaries in 1972 and was ordained to the priesthood on September 11, 1981. He received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Zaragoza in 1987.
Romero worked for 25 years in Latin America, including a stint from 1996 to 2009 as chancellor and rector-chancellor of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja in Ecuador. In 2007, Romero was named president of the Organización Universitaria Interamericana.
In December 2019 he was named vicar of Hispanic ministry for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York. Pope Francis appointed Romero auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre and titular bishop of Egara on March 3, 2020. His consecration as bishop, initially scheduled for April 16, 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was consecrated as a bishop on June 29, 2020.