Archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras

Archbishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1947		Born
26 Oct 1972	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
24 Jun 2005	57.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
24 Jun 2005	57.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae
24 Aug 2005	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Aquae Regiae
10 Jul 2009	61.9	Appointed	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
18 Aug 2009	62.0	Installed	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
22 Dec 2012	65.4	Appointed	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
20 Mar 2013	65.6	Installed	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México
4 Jul 2024	76.9	Retired	Archbishop of León, Guanajuato, México

MicroData Summary for Alfonso Cortés Contreras
(VIAF: 257872174; WikiData: Q2644509)
Archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras (born 16 Jul 1947) Archbishop Emeritus of León

Ad Limina - September 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place La Luz, Diocese of Zamora, Michoacán
Ordained Bishop Centro Cintermex, Monterrey, Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of León.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop José Francisco Robles Ortega
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello
Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia
Bishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago
Bishop of León, Guanajuato

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop José Francisco Robles Ortega (1991)
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero † (1968)
Bishop of Toluca, México
Archbishop Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez † (1937)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potosí
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	La Luz, Diocese of Zamora, Michoacán
Ordained Bishop	Centro Cintermex, Monterrey, Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ab: Bollettino, 10 Jul 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 182, Number 14,965
ab: Bollettino, 22 Dec 2012
r: Bollettino, 4 Jul 2024

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