Ordination March 19, 1960 Successor Incumbent | Predecessor Thomas Leo Parker In office 1990 - current Name Gilbert Chavez | |
See Titular See of Magarmel | ||
Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, (March 10, 1932) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, the retired auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, California.
Biography
Gilbert Chávez was born in Ontario, California. He studied at Immaculate Heart Seminary in San Diego and was ordained a priest of the San Diego diocese on March 19, 1960.
Chávez was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego as well as titular bishop of Magarmel on April 9, 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Chávez was consecrated on June 21, 1974. He was only the second Mexican-American priest to be elevated to the rank of bishop in US Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Chávez's resignation on June 1, 2007.
References
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