Vatican City, 6 June 2015 (VIS) – The
Holy Father has appointed Fr. Jose Alberto Gonzalez Juarez as bishop
of Tuxtepec (area 6,000, population 781,000, Catholics 738,000,
priests 50, permanent deacons 10, religious 34), Mexico. The
bishop-elect was born in El Parral, Mexico in 1967 and was ordained a
priest in 1995. He holds a licentiate in philosophy from the
Pontifical University in Mexico, and has served in a number of
pastoral roles in the archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez, including
parish vicar, parish priest, superior of the preparatory course and
teacher in philosophy, and rector of the seminary. He is currently
parish of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and episcopal vicar
for consecrated life.
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