Early Life and Ministry
Eusebius Beltran was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania, to Joseph and Helen (née Kozlowski) 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.
Beltran's father later moved the family to Georgia in search of employment. Aspiring to become a missionary, he became a seminarian for the Diocese of Savannah following his graduation from high school. Beltran returned to Pennsylvania for eight years, studying at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Francis Hyland on May 14, 1960. Beltran then did pastoral and curial work in the Archdiocese of Atlanta until 1978. He also participated in the 1965 Selma marches during the civil rights movement.
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