Gilbert Espinosa Chávez
His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gilbert Espinosa Chávez | |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Diego Titular Bishop of Magarmel | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
Diocese | San Diego |
Appointed | April 9, 1974 |
Installed | June 21, 1974 |
Term ended | June 1, 2007 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Magarmel |
Orders | |
Ordination | March 19, 1960 |
Consecration |
June 21, 1974 by Leo Thomas Maher, John R. Quinn, and Patrick Flores |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ontario, California | May 9, 1932
Styles of Gilbert Espinosa Chávez | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ordination history of Gilbert Espinosa Chávez | |
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Episcopal consecration | |
Principal consecrator | Leo Thomas Maher |
Date of consecration | June 21, 1974 |
Bishops consecrated by Gilbert Espinosa Chávez as principal consecrator | |
Salvatore Joseph Cordileone | August 21, 2002 |
Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, (March 10, 1932) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, the retired auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, California.
Biography
Gilbert Chávez was born in Ontario, California. He studied at Immaculate Heart Seminary in San Diego and was ordained a priest of the San Diego diocese on March 19, 1960.[1]
Chávez was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego as well as titular bishop of Magarmel on April 9, 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Chávez was consecrated on June 21, 1974. He was only the second Mexican-American priest to be elevated to the rank of bishop in US Catholic Church.[2]
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Chávez's resignation on June 1, 2007.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Pope Benedict Accepts San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Chávez Resignation". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived from the original on 2011-08-01.
- ↑ "Diocesan History". Diocese of San Diego. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ "Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez". Retrieved 23 December 2012.
Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by – |
Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego 1974–2007 |
Succeeded by – |
Preceded by Thomas Leo Parker |
Roman Catholic Titular See of Margarmel 1974–present |
Succeeded by – |
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