José Fortunato Álvarez Valdez Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
José Fortunato Álvarez Valdez
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Appointed:30 December 2015
Predecessor:José Guadalupe Torres Camposs
Ordination:31 May 1998
Consecration:16 March 2016
Consecrated By:Christophe Pierre, José Antonio Fernández Hurtado, Bishop José Isidro Guerrero Macías
Birth Name:Bishop José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz
Birth Date:8 November 1967
Birth Place:Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Death Place:Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

José Fortunato Álvarez Valdez (8 November 1967 in Mexicali, Baja California – 7 November 2018 in Mexicali) was ordained to the priesthood in 1998. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gómez Palacio from 2016 until his death[1] a day shy of his 51st birthday.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diocese of Gómez Palacio, Mexico . gcatholic.org. 2018-11-08.