Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez

Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (12 September 1938 – 10 December 2025) was a prelate of the Catholc Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Barahona. Quotes Our dioceses share in the universal mission of the Church starting from our littleness and poverty, collaborating with other Sister Churches not only because today the world has become a global village, but because our life is by nature missionary and we must realise as Christians that many men and women do not live the joy of the resurrection. “The American Mission Congress Cam 2 is a Call to Our Diocesan Churches, to Our Young Clergy in Particular, to Realise That Missionary Work is a Task for All Not Only for Religious” Says Bishop of Barahora (27 November 2003) Fides News Agency We hope to find a way out, a way to resolve the conflict that caused the judgment of the Constitutional Court. Many Haitians have come to the Dominican Republic and have remained there. They were born in Haiti, it is true, but after they were brought up here and here they have raised their families. Some of them have lived in the country for 30 or 40 years, with a family. Others have been here for two generations, children and grandchildren, who were born here. If these people have been living in the country for such a long time they know nothing about Haiti, they are, therefore, Dominicans. Revocation of citizenship to children of undocumented Haitians: "We hope to find a way out" hopes the Bishop of Barahona (25 October 2013) Fides News Agency We, as leaders of the people of God, must take the experience of the following of God seriously. National pastoral meeting: a people of missionary disciples, with personal experience of Jesus (8 October 2019) Fides News Agency External links Category:1938 births Category:Catholics from the Dominican Republic Category:Roman Catholic bishops Category:2025 deaths