José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco Explained

Type:Bishop
José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco
Bishop of The Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos
Church:Roman Catholic Church
See:The Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos
Term:1988 - 1999
Predecessor:José López Lara
Successor:Javier Navarro Rodríguez
Ordination:March 27, 1948
Birth Date:30 March 1921
Birth Place:Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico
Death Place:Ayotlán, Mexico

José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (March 30, 1921 – September 4, 2017) was a Mexican Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco was born in Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico and was ordained a priest on March 27, 1948. Velasco was appointed archbishop of Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutiérrez on May 20, 1965, and ordained bishop on July 25, 1965. Velasco was appointed bishop of The Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos on February 12, 1988, where he would remain until his retirement on January 20, 1999.[1] Velasco died on 4 September 2017 due to respiratory complications at the age of 96.

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  1. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zjua4.htm Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos