Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez

Bishop Emeritus of Colima, Colima

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Feb 1929		Born	Chietla
21 May 1955	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
9 Dec 1972	43.8	Appointed	Prelate of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
9 Dec 1972	43.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda
8 Feb 1973	44.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vazari-Didda
1 Mar 1976	47.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
21 Mar 1988	59.1	Appointed	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
8 Jul 1989	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México
9 Jun 2005	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Colima, Colima, México

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Colima.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †
Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1973)
Bishop José Abraham Martínez Betancourt †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Luis Morales Reyes
Bishop Braulio Rafael León Villegas

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