Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
31 January 2008
de la Torre Martín named Aguascalientes Bishop
Bishop José María de la Torre Martín was named Bishop of Aguascalientes, México. The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Ramón Godinez Flores in April 2007. Bishop de la Torre Martín had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara.
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