José Luis Chavez Botello

José Luis Chávez Botello (born February 8, 1941 in Tototlán ) is a Mexican clergyman and emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca .

Life

José Luis Chávez Botello was ordained a priest on December 8, 1969 .

Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop in Guadalajara and titular bishop of Cova on February 21, 1997 . The Archbishop of Guadalajara, Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez , donated him episcopal ordination on March 19 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were Girolamo Prigione , Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico , and Adolfo Hernández Hurtado , Auxiliary Bishop in Guadalajara.

On July 16, 2001 he was appointed Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez . He was named Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca on November 8, 2003, and was introduced to office on January 8 of the next year.

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on February 10, 2018.

Web links

Entry for José Luis Chávez Botello on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Antequera, Oaxaca (Messico) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 10, 2018, accessed February 10, 2018 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Felipe Aguirre Franco	Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez 2001–2003	Rogelio Cabrera López
Héctor González Martínez	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca 2003–2018	Pedro Vázquez Villalobos

personal data
SURNAME	Chavez Botello, José Luis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican clergyman, emeritus Roman Catholic Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tototlán

[1] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Antequera, Oaxaca (Messico) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , February 10, 2018, accessed February 10, 2018 (Italian).