Archbishop José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa

Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

Motto: Pasce Oves Meas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 May 1950		Born
6 Jun 1976	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
2 Mar 2004	53.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
2 Mar 2004	53.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ambia
26 Mar 2004	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ambia
5 Feb 2009	58.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
2 Apr 2009	58.8	Installed	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
21 Sep 2026	76.3	Retired	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

MicroData Summary
José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa
Archbishop José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa
(born 21 May 1950)
Archbishop Emeritus of Puebla de los Ángeles

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

Event Place
Birth Place Tlancualpicán
Ordained Bishop Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Basilica, México, Archdiocese of México, Federal District

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Principal Consecrator:
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles
Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello
Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera (1985)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Archbishop Antonio López Aviña † (1955)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José María González y Valencia † (1922)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate † (1909)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza † (1887)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos † (1855)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez † (1852)
Bishop of Michoacán
Bishop Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Tanagra
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011)
Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (2011)
Bishop Tomás López Durán (2014)
Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2014)
Bishop Miguel Ángel Castro Muñoz (2021)
Bishop Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Julio César Salcedo Aquino, M.J. (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tlancualpicán
Ordained Bishop	Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Basilica, México, Archdiocese of México, Federal District

External Link(s):

VIAF: 305914899
WikiData: Q1709702

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 5 Feb 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 174, Number 14,555
r: Bollettino, 21 Sep 2026

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