The Dialogue Table recognizes the writer, the Rt. Rev. Telésforo Isaac
December 14, 2024
Bishop Telesforo Isaac at the time of receiving the recognition of the Dialogue Table
SANTO DOMINGO – The Roundtable for Dialogue and Christian Representation recognized the career of the writer and bishop emeritus of the Episcopal Church, Telesforo Isaac.
The plaque presented during the annual Christmas banquet that took place this Thursday, December 12, affirms that Isaac is “a privileged and faithful pen, whose legacy in the themes of faith has illuminated generations. His writing, deeply rooted in truth, remains a beacon of inspiration and wisdom.”
“I began my ministry in 1958. I feel very happy and I thank God for the health I still have, since I exercise every day, I eat quite well, I do my prayers and I write at four in the morning, since at that time no one bothers me and one feels that Jesus is there looking at me,” said Bishop Telesforo Isaac at the time of receiving the plaque from Bishop Reynaldo Franco Aquino, president of the Dialogue and Christian Representation Table.
ABOUT TELÉSFORO ISAAC
He was born on January 5, 1929, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He studied at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Haiti, the Caribbean Seminary in Puerto Rico, the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), and the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain.
He was ordained a deacon in June 1958 and a priest in December of the same year. He exercised his pastoral and teaching ministry in San Pedro de Macorís, San Francisco de Macorís, Haina, and Santo Domingo, a function he exercised for 33 years and 19 years as Bishop of the Diocese of the Dominican Episcopal Church. He was Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida from 1991 to 1996 and Interim Bishop twice in the Virgin Islands (1996 and 2003) until his retirement.
He also served as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Province of the Caribbean in Formation (of the dioceses of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic). He instituted the schools: San Gabriel in the Ingenio Consuelo and the Jesús Nazareno in San Francisco de Maoris.
He was co-founder of the Liceo Nocturno Ercilia Pepín and the Dominican-American Institute in the same city. He was also the founder of the Center for Theological Studies in Santo Domingo and is a professor of Homiletics, Spirituality, Pastoral Theology, and Pastoral Counseling at the same center.
He has received international and honorary awards and recognitions in his native country. He has published articles and commentaries in the main newspapers of the country and Latin America, including Evidencias and ALC-NOTICIAS, for whom he was a columnist.