ABOUT US

OUR HISTORY

The Regional Office of the Southeastern US Bishops For Hispanic Ministry was created in 1978 to assist the dioceses of the episcopal regions V and XIV of the United States, in its pastoral service to Hispanic Catholics. It currently serves 30 dioceses in nine states in the southeastern United States. Coming from all Hispanic America, hispanics exceed 8 million in the region.

The Southeast Pastoral Institute (SEPI), is the educational branch of the Regional Office. It was born in 1979 as a response to the need for Hispanic education and as an accomplishment of the recommendations of the II National Hispanic Pastoral Meeting.

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Fuente

Since its foundation, SEPI has:

  • Helped establish more than 600 Hispanic communities in the southeastern region of the United States.
  • Covered more than 5,000,000 miles with the evangelizing work of our mobile teams.
  • Helped organize a Hispanic Pastoral Ministry in each of the 30 dioceses of the Region.
  • Distributed more than 273,000 books
  • Created the Regional Directory, updated every two years, reflecting the growth and organization of our Hispanic communities in the Southeast region.
  • Published 63 editions of the "Southeast" Bulletin which updates and informs more than 9,000 leaders within the nation.
  • Produced numerous audio-visual courses and music.
  • Broadcast numerous programs of La Voz del SEPI.
  • Graduated 78 students with a Master's degree in Hispanic Pastoral Ministry through Barry University
  • Offered 120 Schools of Ministries in different dioceses with more than 1,829 graduates in a 150-hour study program.
  • Provided 8 different Youth Ministry programs to help and guide our youth. As part of the annual program of "Pascua Juvenil", young people have written 35 books; The latest editions have been bilingual.
  • Organized 35 Migrant Encuentros.
  • Conducted 17 Regional Encuentros and every 2 years, 5 Provincials Encuentros.

Our Vision and Mission

WHO WE ARE
Organization of the US Catholic Bishops which coordinates and supports the Hispanic Ministry in the Southeast Region of the US

WHAT WE DO
Provide formation programs, evangelization and leadership development for Hispanic lay ministers and youth

WHY WE DO IT
To create and encourage communion in the Hispanic/Latino ministry in the Dioceses of the Southeast region

HOW WE DO IT
We offer services and pastoral leadership programs as well as formation for "Pastoral Juvenil"

OUR TEAM

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Olga Lucía Villar D.Min.
ovillar@sepi.us
Executive Director

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Sister Ondina Cortés, rmi, PhD
sisterondina@sepi.us
Formation Director

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Antonio Marí, D.Min.
amari@sepi.us
Co-director of Formation

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Aymé Urquijo Soto, MSc
aymeus@sepi.us
Office Manager

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Ricardo Pinto
bookkeeper@sepi.us
Accountant

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Sister Lizeth Manrique, rmi, MA
sisterlizeth@sepi.us
Prayer and Worship for Children Project Coordinator

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Loisy Ogando
logando@sepi.us
Prayer and Worship for Children Project Assistant

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Gabriella Escalante, MA
gescalante@sepi.us
Youth Ministry Coordinator

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Daniela Párraga, BA
outreach@sepi.us
Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator

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Rosa María Valdez, MA
formation@sepi.us
Family Pastoral Programs Coordinator

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Doris Resurrección, PE
pastoralcenter@sepi.us
Spiritual Center Coordinator

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Libia Vega
info@sepi.us
Maintenance

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Norberto Gil
info@sepi.us
Physical Plant Coordinator

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Carolina De Arazoza
itsupport@sepi.us
IT & Web Admin

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Members of the Board of Trustees of the Southeast Regional Office for Hispanic Ministry, Inc.

Most Rev. Thomas Wenski – Archdiocese of Miami (Chairperson)
Most Rev. Gregory Aymond – Archdiocese of New Orleans (Vice-Chairperson)
Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi – Archdiocese of Mobile (Treasurer)
Most Rev. Shelton J. Fabre – Archdiocese of Louisville
Most Rev. Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM, Conv. – Archdiocese of Atlanta
Most Rev. Robert Marshall – Diocese of Alexandria
Most Rev. Michael G. Duca – Diocese of Baton Rouge
Most Rev. Louis F. Kihneman III – Diocese of Biloxi
Most Rev. Steven J. Raica – Diocese of Birmingham
Most Rev. Jacques Fabre-Jeune – Diocese of Charleston
Most Rev. Michael Martin, OFM Conv. – Diocese of Charlotte
Most Rev. John C. Iffert – Diocese of Covington
Most Rev. Joseph R. Kopacz – Diocese of Jackson
Most Rev. Mark Beckman – Diocese of Knoxville
Most Rev. J. Douglas Deshotel – Diocese of Lafayette
Most Rev. Glen John Provost – Diocese of Lake Charles
Most Rev. John Stowe, OFM Conv. – Diocese of Lexington
Fr. Simon Peter Engurait. Diocesan Administrator – Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Most Rev. David P. Talley – Diocese of Memphis
Most Rev. Mark Spalding – Diocese of Nashville
Most Rev. John Noonan – Diocese of Orlando
Most Rev. William F. Medley – Diocese of Owensboro
Most Rev. Gerald M. Barbarito – Diocese of Palm Beach
Most Rev. William A. Wack, CSC – Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Most Rev. Luis Rafael Zarama – Diocese of Raleigh
Most Rev. Stephen D. Parkes – Diocese of Savannah
Most Rev. Francis Malone – Diocese of Shreveport
Most Rev. Erik T. Pohlmeier – Diocese of Saint Augustine
Most Rev. Gregory L. Parkes – Diocese of Saint Petersburg
Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane – Diocese of Venice

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Members of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Regional Office for Hispanic Ministry, Inc.

Most Rev. Erik T. Pohlmeier – Diocese of Saint Augustine  |   See Biography
Most Rev. Louis F. Kihneman III – Diocese of Biloxi   |   See Biography
Joseph Boland   |   See Biography
Rev. Victor Ingalls, STB. MA.   |   See Biography
Rev. Alejandro López Cardinale  |  See Biography
Christina Lamas   |   See Biography
Dcn. Juan Carlos Pagan   |   See Biography
Eva Gonzalez   |  See Biography
Fernando Gomez  | See Biography
Peter J. Ductrám   |   See Biography

WITH WHOM DO WE COLLABORATE?

OUR COLLEAGUES IN NATIONAL HISPANIC PASTORAL

INSTITUTIONS IN CONSORTIUM WITH SEPI FOR FORMATIONS PROGRAMS

OTHER COLLABORATORS AND RESOURCES OF HISPANIC PASTORAL

For more information please contact us by calling (305) 279-2333 or via email at info@sepi.us

OUR REGION

The Southeast Regional Office for Hispanic Ministry and its Pastoral Institute, SEPI, assist the Catholic Bishops in the 30 dioceses belonging to the 9 states of Regions V and XIV. Click on the name of a diocese to contact information.

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MAP OF OUR ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCES

"To promote the common pastoral action of different neighboring dioceses according to the circumstances of persons and places and to foster more suitably the relations of the diocesan bishops among themselves, neighboring particular churches are to be brought together into ecclesiastical provinces limited to a certain territory. "(CC431,1).
"A metropolitan, who is the archbishop of his diocese, presides offer an ecclesiastical province. The office of metropolitan is joined with an episcopal see determined or approved by the Roman Pontiff." (CC435).

The 30 dioceses belonging to the southeast region are grouped into 5 ecclesiastical provinces: Atlanta, Louisville, Miami, Mobile and New Orleans.

Mapa de Provincias Eclesiasticas

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL LIST OF ARCHDIOCESES AND DIOCESES OF EACH PROVINCE