Bishop José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo

Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

Titular Bishop of Tagase

Motto: Audiendum, Fiendum, Nuntiandum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 May 1969		Born
1 Jun 1996	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA
18 Apr 2011	41.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
18 Apr 2011	41.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tagase
5 May 2011	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagase
26 Aug 2025	56.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
12 Oct 2025	56.4	Installed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary
José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo
Bishop José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo
(born 15 May 1969)
Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio

Ad Limina - February 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place San Luis Potosi, Diocese of San Luis Potosí, México
Ordained Priest Saint Mary Magdalen, Church, San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas
Ordained Bishop Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of San Antonio.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bishop John Michael Quinn
Bishop of Winona, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron (1996)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Joseph Boulette (2017)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1708996

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Apr 2011
ob/c1+: CB, 25 Apr 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,050
op.loc: CB, 22 Oct 2022
ab: Bollettino, 26 Aug 2025
i: CB, 26 Aug 2025

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