Jaime Calderón Calderón (born May 1, 1966) is a Mexican philosopher and cleric who served as Auxiliary Bishop of the
Diocese of Zamora. On July 7, 2018, he was appointed by Pope Francis as Bishop of the
Diocese of Tapachula. On July 4, 2024, he was appointed archbishop of the
Archdiocese of León
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
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He is also currently vice president of the
Mexican Episcopal Conference for the three-year period 2024-2027, Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)
Life
Jaime Calderón Calderón was born in
Churintzio
Churintzio is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located northwest of the state capital of Morelia.
Geography
The municipality of Churintzio is located in northern Michoacán at an altitude between . It borders the municipa ...
,
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...
, on May 1, 1966. He completed his basic studies in his hometown and then entered the Diocesan Seminary of Zamora to study secondary school and philosophy. He completed his theological baccalaureate at the
UPM and was ordained a priest on February 16, 1991. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1994 with his thesis "Towards a philosophy of liberating education: Paulo Freire" at the
UPM. He received his doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome with his dissertation "Freedom as the foundation of the configuration of personality in Xavier Xubiri" in 2002.
He was a professor of Philosophy at the Diocesan Seminary of Zamora and rector of the same institution between 2011 and 2013. He was
Auxiliary Bishop of Zamora, Mich., elected by Pope Benedict XVI on July 5, 2012, and Titular of Iomnium.
He was consecrated by the Apostolic Nuncio, Christophe Pierre, on October 5, 2012, who conferred upon him the episcopate together with José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, Bishop of Colima, and Javier Navarro Rodríguez, Bishop of Zamora.
On July 7, 2018,
Pope Francis
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...
appointed him bishop of the
Diocese of Tapachula, taking possession of the diocese in September 2018.
On July 4, 2024,
Pope Francis
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...
appointed him III Archbishop of León, taking possession of his Archdiocese on August 19, 2024, in front of thirty bishops and dozens of faithful.
Work
* ''Towards a philosophy of liberating education: Paulo Freire'',
UPM, Mexico 1994.
* ''Freedom as the foundation of the configuration of personality in Xavier Xubiri'',
Pontificia Università Gregoriana
Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy.
The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...
Rome 2002.
* »How to speak of God to the man of today? : a challenge for the philosophy of the XXI / Proceedings of the III Colloquium of Philosophy of the UPM«,
UPM, Mexico 2006. coord. Francisco Xavier Sánchez Hernández
See also
*
List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México
*
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León
References
External links
Archdiocese of León website
1966 births
Living people
Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Mexico
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