Telésforo Isaac

Telésforo Alexander Isaac was a bishop of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic in The Episcopal Church, serving from 1972 to 1991. He was ordained and consecrated on March 9, 1972 and was the first Dominican bishop in the Anglican Communion.

Biography

Isaac was born on January 5, 1929. He established the Centro de Estudios Teológicos in Santo Domingo in 1978. In 1985, along with the Dominican Association for Rehabilitation, he led the diocese in a polio vaccination campaign for children from birth to five years old. He was also the author of Consejería Pastoral Noutética, an anthology of articles in Spanish on spiritual counseling.
Isaac died on July 4, 2025, at the age of 96.