Bishop Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán

Bishop Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán was born on 17 July 1969 in Boconó, diocese of Trujillo, and was ordained a priest on 19 August 1995. He has held the following offices: missionary in Kenya (1995-2000), chargé for formation in his Institute in Venezuela, and rector of the philosophical seminary, vice superior and superior of his Congregation, rector of the theological seminary of Bogotá, and since 2014, rector of the Pontifical Saint Paul’s College in Rome. On 23 December 2021 he was appointed titular bishop of Dardano and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Caracas, receiving episcopal ordination the following 12 March. Within the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Commission for Consecrated Life and the Commission for Mission, Indigenism and Afro-Americans. Msgr. Lisandro Alirio Rivas Durán, I.M.C., was born on 17 July 1969 in Boconó, diocese of Trujillo. He carried out his formation in the centres of the Consolata Missionaries. He obtained a specialization in theology from the Missionary Institute in London, affiliated to the Leuven University, Belgium. He was ordained a priest on 19 August 1995. He has served as a missionary in Kenya (1995-2000), and was responsible for formation of his Institute and rector of the Philosophical Seminary (2000-2005), deputy superior (2002-2005) and superior for Venezuela (2005-2011), rector of the Theological Seminary in Bogotá (2011-2014) and, from 2014 to the present, rector of the San Paolo Apostolo Pontifical International Missionary College in Rome.