By Lizsandra Trastoy - Florida Catholic Newspaper
Photographer: LIZSANDRA TRASTOY| FC
Father Jos� Luis Paniagua poses between Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hern�ndez, left, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo and some of his parishioners during the street renaming ceremony.
Photographer: LIZSANDRA TRASTOY| FC
Parishioners congratulate their pastor, Father Jos� Luis Paniagua, during the street renaming ceremony.
The ceremony took place after the noon Mass at the church, which Father Paniagua celebrated. Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hern�ndez and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo made the presentation, unveiling the street sign in front of a large group of St. Benedict parishioners. The renaming was done to recognize Father Paniagua�s dedication to the community.
Father Paniagua, a native of Spain, was ordained a priest April 7, 1962 and came to the Archdiocese of Miami in September 1964. Before coming to St. Benedict, he served 10 years as pastor at Corpus Christi Parish in Miami. Before that, he served as parochial vicar in Delray Beach, at Sts. Peter and Paul in Miami and at St. Hugh in Coconut Grove.
Hialeah has renamed West 78 Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, Rev. Jos� Luis Paniagua Way, in honor of the pastor of St. Benedict.
Comments from readers
When I returned to work today at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School, I saw with great joy a well-deserved honor vested onto you. You are a man of fatih, of good will and deep convictions who have inspired all of us who have known you.
Well deserved, servant of God.
Carlota E. Morales, Ed. D.
Principal
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School