Archbishop Alfonso Cort�s Contreras

Archbishop Emeritus of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jul 1947		Born
26 Oct 1972	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
24 Jun 2005	57.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, M�xico
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, M�xico
18 Aug 2009	62.0	Installed	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, M�xico
22 Dec 2012	65.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico
20 Mar 2013	65.6	Installed	Archbishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico
4 Jul 2024	76.9	Retired	Archbishop of Le�n, Guanajuato, M�xico

MicroData Summary for Alfonso Cort�s Contreras
(VIAF: 257872174; WikiData: Q2644509)
Archbishop Alfonso Cort�s Contreras (born 16 Jul 1947) Archbishop Emeritus of Le�n

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

Event Place
Birth Place La Luz, Diocese of Zamora, Michoac�n
Ordained Bishop Centro Cintermex, Monterrey, Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Le�n.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jos� Francisco Robles Ortega
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello
Titular Archbishop of Urbs Salvia
Bishop Jos� Guadalupe Mart�n R�bago
Bishop of Le�n, Guanajuato

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jos� Francisco Robles Ortega (1991)
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n
Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero † (1968)
Bishop of Toluca, M�xico
Archbishop Miguel Dar�o Miranda y G�mez † (1937)
Archbishop of M�xico, Federal District
Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores † (1900)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoac�n
Archbishop Pr�spero Mar�a Alarc�n y S�nchez de la Barquera † (1892)
Archbishop of M�xico, Federal District
Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obreg�n † (1871)
Bishop of San Luis Potos�
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 C�rdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enr�quez † (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, Michoac�n
Ordained Bishop	Centro Cintermex, Monterrey, Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n

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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