The Mexican Episcopal Conference () is an organization of Catholic

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, known as an

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. It is the official leadership body of the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Organization

The organization is governed by the Presidency Council, consisting of: * Card.

Francisco Robles Ortega Francisco Robles Ortega (; born 2 March 1949) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Guadalajara since 2012 and a cardinal since 2007. He was archbishop of Monterrey from 2003 to 2011. He was president of the ...

, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco. * Vice President: Mons. Javier Navarro Rodríguez, Bishop of Zamora * Secretary General: Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola, Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey. * General Treasurer: Mons. Ramon Castro Castro, Bishop of Cuernavaca * Members: Mons. Oscar Roberto Dominguez Couttolenc, Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, Mons. Carlos Garfias Merlos.

Members

The members of the CEM are all Diocesan Archbishops and Bishops, Eastern Rite Bishops, Diocesan Administrators and all those entitled to Diocesan Bishops, Coadjutors and Auxiliary Bishops and titular Bishops who carry out their functions within the Mexican territory, including the Apostolic Nuncio. Currently, the bishops belonging to the CEM are classified as follows: * 6 Cardinals (4 archbishops and 2 emeriti) * 16 residential archbishops * 66 bishops (residential and prelates) * 31 auxiliary bishops * 39 bishops emeriti (8 archbishops and 31 bishops) * 1 bishop of the Maronite eparchy * 1 Administrator of the Greek Melkite eparchy * 1 Apostolic Nuncio

External links

Official website of the Mexican Episcopal Conference

Catholic Church in Mexico {{RC-org-stub