Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong

Coat of arms of Jorge Carlos Patron Wong

Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (born January 3, 1958 in Mérida , Yucatán state , Mexico ) is Curia Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church .

Life

Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong received the sacrament of ordination for the Archdiocese of Yucatán on January 12, 1988 .

On October 15, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla . The Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Christophe Pierre , donated him episcopal ordination on December 15 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Yucatán , Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán , and the Archbishop of Jalapa , Hipólito Reyes Larios . On May 2, 2012, Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong became Bishop of Papantla, succeeding Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín , who resigned for reasons of age .

On September 21, 2013, Pope Francis appointed him to be secretary for the seminaries of the Congregation for the Clergy . He also gave him the personal title of archbishop.

Pope Francis sent him to the Archdiocese of Puerto Montt in Chile as an Apostolic Visitator in January 2019 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín	Bishop of Papantla 2012–2013	José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz

personal data
SURNAME	Patrón Wong, Jorge Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican clergyman, Curia Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mérida , Yucatan State , Mexico