By THE STAR STAFF Monsignor Geraldo Ramírez Torres has been appointed the new bishop of Ponce and will be ordained on August 15, priest Orlando Lugo confirmed in a radio interview. This marks the first episcopal appointment in Puerto Rico by Pope Leo XIV, following the resignation of Bishop Rubén Antonio González Medina. Lugo highlighted Ramírez Torres’s 35‑year career in education and his long-standing ministry to the incarcerated population. He noted that in his first public appearance as…
