Luis Manuel López Alfaro

Luis Manuel López Alfaro (born June 21, 1963 in Mexico City ) is a Mexican Roman Catholic clergyman and auxiliary bishop in San Cristóbal de Las Casas .

Life

Luis Manuel López Alfaro initially obtained a degree in agricultural engineering . He then studied at the Seminary of the Diocese of Toluca , for which he received the sacrament of ordination on August 15, 1991 .

In addition to various tasks in parish pastoral care, he was spiritual and educator at the boys' college in Toluca. He was dean and was a member of the Priestly Council of the Diocese of Toluca. In 2004 he was incardinated in the clergy of the diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas . In this diocese he was pastor and spiritual director of the diocesan seminary. He was at times episcopal vicar for pastoral care and was a member of the priestly council and the college of consultors of the diocese. Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez appointed him vicar general .

Pope Francis appointed him titular bishop of Garba and auxiliary bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas on June 6, 2020 . The bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez , ordained him episcopal on August 28 of the same year . Co- consecrators were his predecessor Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel and the Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Franco Coppola .

Web links

Entry on Luis Manuel López Alfaro on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nomina dell'Ausiliare di San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Messico). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 6, 2020, accessed June 6, 2020 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	López Alfaro, Luis Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in San Cristóbal de Las Casas
DATE OF BIRTH	June 21, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mexico city

[Bulletin-1] Nomina dell'Ausiliare di San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Messico). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 6, 2020, accessed June 6, 2020 (Italian).