From NCR:
Archbishop Ramón Benito de la Rosa y Carpio was born on Sept. 19, 1939, a little over 85 years ago, in the town of Higüey in the Dominican Republic, the country where he has spent himself and wore himself out for the faithful entrusted to him.
“If I were 14 years old again and if at that age I had to make a decision, I would be a priest again, I would choose the Lord as my only inheritance. I feel completely fulfilled,” he emphasized. On Jan. 23, 1965, at the age of 25, De la Rosa was ordained a priest at the shrine of Our Lady of Altagracia by Bishop Juan Félix Pepén. On Jan. 6, 1989, at age 49, he was consecrated a bishop by Pope John Paul II in Rome.