José de Jesús García Ayala

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José de Jesús García Ayala (born May 30, 1910 in La Ribera de Guadalupe , Jalisco , Mexico , † January 15, 2014 in Zamora ) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Campeche .

Life

García Ayala was born on a ranch called El Guayabo on the Río Lerma , five kilometers from the town of La Ribera de Guadalupe . He had six brothers.

On January 1, 1923, he entered the seminary of Zamora in the Mexican state of Michoacán and was ordained a priest on May 9, 1937 in Zamora . After pastoral work in Paracho and Los Reyes, he was spiritual at the seminary in Zamora.

In 1963 he was appointed by Pope John XXIII. appointed titular bishop of Lacedaemonia and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Campeche . The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop Luigi Raimondi , Apostolic Delegate in Mexico; Co- consecrators were Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla , Bishop of Campeche, and José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla , Bishop of Zamora. His episcopal motto was “Pro fratribus animas ponere” (1 Jn 3:16). Garcia Ayala was the councilor of the third session of the Second Vatican Council . At first he was apostolic administrator of Campeche in 1967 by Pope Paul VI. called Bishop of Campeche.

His resignation for health reasons was granted on February 9, 1982 by John Paul II . Until his death he was the oldest living bishop of Mexico and the second oldest bishop in the world.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vulgate
  2. ^ Obituary , El Expresso, accessed January 18, 2014 (Spanish)
predecessor Office successor
Alberto Mendoza y Bedolla Bishop of Campeche
1967–1982 		Héctor González Martínez
personal data
SURNAME García Ayala, José de Jesús
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH La Ribera de Guadalupe , Jalisco , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH 15th January 2014
Place of death Zamora , Mexico