Eusebius J. Beltran


Eusebius Joseph Beltran is an American prelate. He served as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1993 until 2010, and is now archbishop emeritus. Prior to his appointment to Oklahoma City, Beltran was bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1978 to 1992.

Eusebius Beltran was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Helen Beltran. His father was a Spanish immigrant and coal miner, who later died of black lung disease. The fifth of eight children, Beltran has two siblings who entered the religious life as well one brother also became a priest and one sister became a nun, taking the religious name Sister Sponsa and working as a missionary in Liberia. He was raised in Wilkes Barre and attended Marymount School. He took the name Joseph as his confirmation name.

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