Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda

Bishop of Irapuato

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1941		Born	Tepeji del Río
28 Sep 1968	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of México, Federal District
11 Mar 1997	55.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
11 Mar 1997	55.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
12 Apr 1997	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Naratcata
3 Jan 2004	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Irapuato, México

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Irapuato.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Ernesto Cardinal Corripio y Ahumada †
Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda (1997)
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera (1985)
Archbishop Antonio López Aviña † (1955)
Archbishop José María González Valencia † (1922)
Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate † (1909)
Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza † (1887)
Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos † (1855)
Archbishop Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez † (1852)
Bishop Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal † (1835)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Guadalupe Torres Campos

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