Constancio Miranda Weckmann (born 15 September 1952) is a Mexican archbishop of the Roman Catholic church, currently serving as head of the archdiocese of Chihuahua. In the past he was also the bishop of Atlacomulco, as well as briefly serving as the apostolic administrator of the
Diocese of Parral in June 2012.
Personal life
Miranda Weckmann was born on 15 September 1952 in the small settlement of Cruces in the state of
Chihuahua in Northern Mexico.
Religious life
Miranda Weckmann carried out his priestly studies at the seminary of the Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary in
León, Guanajuato ()
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, and later at the seminary of
Ciudad Juárez the regional seminary of the north in Chihuahua. He was ordained a priest on 30 September 1977 by the then Bishop-prelate
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Given name
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* José Justo Corro (1794-1864), Mexican president
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O.A.R. as a secular priest for the
Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera. After his ordination he was sent to Rome where he was a student of the Pontifical Mexican College and graduated with a degree in Moral Theology at the Pontifical Alfonsina Academy.
As Bishop
On 27 June 1998 Miranda Weckmann was appointed to be bishop of the
diocese of Atlacomulco. He was ordained a bishop on 4 August 1998, and consecrated by then-apostolic nuncio to Mexico
Justo Mullor García
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Biography
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. The co-consecrant were
Ricardo Guízar Díaz, Archbishop of
Tlalnepantla and
Juan Guillermo López Soto
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He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, based in Chihuahua state, for 26 years from Novem ...
, bishop of Miranda's home diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera.
As Archbishop
On 29 September 2009, it was announced that Miranda Weckmann was chosen by
Pope Benedict XVI
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to be the next archbishop of Chihuahua to replace
José Fernández Arteaga
José Fernández Arteaga (12 September 1933 – 17 December 2021) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Chihuahua. He previously served as the bishop of Apatzingán from 1974 to 1980 and Colima
Colima (), ...
, who had reached the mandatory age of retirement of 75.
Miranda Weckmann was installed as archbishop of Chihuahua on 19 November 2009.
References
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1952 births
Living people
People from Chihuahua (state)
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico