Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Mexico (English)

Country: Mexico

Address: Prolongación Misterios 26, Col. Tepeyac-Insurgentes, Apartado 118-055, 07020 México, D.F., Mexico

Phone: (55) 5781.8462; 5781.8069

Websites:

History

Established as Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (español) / Episcopal Conference of Mexico (English)
1949.10.07: Branched to create Guadalupe Missionaries

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Present Officials

President (2024.11.12 – ...):

Bishop Ramón Castro Castro (70)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico)

Vice-President (2024.11.12 – ...):

Archbishop Jaime Calderón Calderón (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of León (Mexico)

General Secretary (2024.11.12 – ...):

Bishop Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal (56)

Titular Bishop of Bennefa

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López (75) (2018.11.13 – 2024.11.12)
President: Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega (77) (2012.11.14 – 2018.11.13)
President: Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes (76) (later Cardinal) (2006 – 2012.11.14)
President: Bishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago (90) (later Archbishop) (2003.11 – 2006)
President: Archbishop Luis Morales Reyes (1997 – 2003)
President: Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera (later Cardinal) (1994 – 1997)
President: Archbishop Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera (later Cardinal) (1988 – 1994)
President: Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera (later Cardinal) (1982 – 1988)
President: Cardinal Ernesto Corripio Ahumada (1980 – 1982)
President: Cardinal José Salazar López (1973 – 1980)
President: Archbishop Ernesto Corripio Ahumada (later Cardinal) (1967 – 1973)
President: Archbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz (1963 – 1967)
President: Cardinal José Garibi Rivera (1960 – 1963)
President: Archbishop Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz (1958 – 1960)
Vice-President: Archbishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (71) (2021.11.10 – 2024.11.12)
Vice-President: Archbishop Carlos Garfías Merlos (2018.11.13 – 2021.11.10)
Vice-President: Bishop Javier Navarro Rodríguez (76) (2012.11.14 – 2018.11.13)
Vice-President: Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López (75) (2009 – 2012)
Vice-President: Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda (87) (later Cardinal) (2003 – 2009)
Vice-President: Bishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago (90) (later Archbishop) (1997 – 2003.11)
General Secretary: Bishop Ramón Castro Castro (70) (2021.11.10 – 2024.11.12)
General Secretary: Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (60) (2016.04.06 – 2021.11.10)
General Secretary: Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (61) (2012.11.14 – 2016.04.06)
General Secretary: Bishop Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez (75) (2009 – 2012)
General Secretary: Bishop José Leopoldo González González (71) (2006 – 2009)
General Secretary: Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes (76) (later Cardinal) (2004 – 2006)
General Secretary: Bishop Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara (1997 – 2004)

Last updated on 2026.09.04