María Griselda Delgado del Carpio (born 1955) is a Bolivian-born bishop in the Episcopal Church, currently serving as assisting bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, having previously been Bishop of Cuba from 2010 to 2023.Episcopal News Service, "Former Cuba bishop appointed Central Florida, Southwest Florida assisting bishop", April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
Education Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Delgado attended the Instituto Americano Methodist high school before studying at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, graduating in 1981 with a degree in sociology. In 1982 she moved to Cuba to enter the Evangelical Seminary of Theology in Matanzas.Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Biography of the Rt. Rev. Griselda Delgado del Carpio, August 10, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
Career Delgado was ordained as a deacon in 1986 and as a priest in 1991 and served as rector of Santa María Virgen church in Itabo until the Episcopal Church of Cuba installed her as bishop at a service held at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Havana on November 28, 2010. She oversaw the reunification of the Cuban Church with the Episcopal Church of America in 2020, and retired as bishop on March 23, 2023.Episcopal News Service, "Cuba Bishop Griselda Delgado del Carpio retires", April 4, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
Having relocated to Fort Myers, Florida, Delgado was appointed to serve as assisting bishop for Latino ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida in 2025.Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida, "Former Bishop of Cuba Appointed to Assist in Central Florida, Begins With Healing Service", April 22, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
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