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Catholic clergy distribute holy Communion in the sanctuary at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, one of three public viewing locations for the ordination of Bishop Luis Zarama. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

Bishop Zarama poses with his family after his ordination Mass including, (l-r) his brother Esteban, mother Maria and father Rafael, sister Rosa, and brothers Juan and Bernardo.

Jerry Solomon, provides Bishop Luis Zarama with his pre-ordination haircut at the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center Barbershop, Sept. 23. The barbershop opened the same year Bishop-elect Zarama was born—1958.

As other bishops look on, Bishop Luis Zarama, standing right, receives a sign of peace from ordination co-consecrator Archbishop Eusebius J. Beltran, archbishop of Oklahoma City, Okla.

Family, friends, clergy, women religious and Catholics from around the Archdiocese of Atlanta fill the Cathedral of Christ the King for the Sept. 29 episcopal ordination.

Members of St. Michael Church, Gainesville, perform songs of jubilation and praise on the Cathedral of Christ of King plaza before the episcopal ordination of Bishop Luis Zarama.

Bishop Zarama poses for a photo with his niece, Melissa, who is now 24. (Photo provided by the Zarama family.)

Who licked the sucker? The sealed and puckered lips of 4-year-old Sarahi Linarez and Bishop Luis Zarama do not reveal the mystery at the St. Helena Church parish hall.