Gilbert Espinosa Chávez

His Excellency Gilbert Espinosa Chávez
Titular Bishop of Magarmel
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Magarmel
In office	1990 - current
Predecessor	Thomas Leo Parker
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	March 19, 1960
Consecration	June 21, 1974 by Leo Thomas Maher
Personal details
Born	(1932-05-09) May 9, 1932 Ontario, California

Styles of Gilbert Chávez

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, (March 10, 1932) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, the retired auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, California.

Biography

Gilbert Chávez was born in Ontario, California. He studied at Immaculate Heart Seminary in San Diego and was ordained a priest of the San Diego diocese on March 19, 1960.^[1]

Chávez was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego as well as titular bishop of Magarmel on April 9, 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Chávez was consecrated on June 21, 1974. He was only the second Mexican-American priest to be elevated to the rank of bishop in US Catholic Church.^[2]

Pope Benedict XVI accepted Chávez's resignation on June 1, 2007.^[3]

References

↑ "Pope Benedict Accepts San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Chávez Resignation". US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
↑ "Diocesan History". Diocese of San Diego. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
↑ "Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez". Retrieved 23 December 2012.

Episcopal succession

Consecrator of
Episcopal lineage
Consecrated by:	Leo Thomas Maher
Bishop	Date of consecration
Salvatore Joseph Cordileone	August 21, 2002

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Thomas Leo Parker	Roman Catholic Titular See of Margarmel 1990–present	Succeeded by –
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego 1974–2007	Succeeded by –

Diocese of San Diego

Bishops	Ordinaries Charles Francis Buddy Francis James Furey Leo Thomas Maher Robert Henry Brom Cirilo Flores Coadjutor bishops Cirilo Flores Auxiliary bishops Richard Henry Ackerman John R. Quinn Gilbert Espinosa Chávez Salvatore J. Cordileone

Churches	Cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral, San Diego Parishes:

Education	High schools, diocesan Academy of Our Lady of Peace, Normal Heights, San Diego Cathedral Catholic High School, Carmel Valley, San Diego Formerly the University of San Diego High School Mater Dei Catholic High School, Chula Vista Formerly Marian Catholic High School St. Augustine High School, North Park, San Diego Vincent Memorial Catholic High School, Calexico High school, independent Saint Joseph Academy, San Marcos Catholic school not associated with Diocese, formerly known as Sierra Madre Academy High school, closed University of San Diego High School

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