Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle Titular Bishop of Acholla | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Seattle |
Appointed | May 12, 2005 |
Installed | June 6, 2005 |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Acholla |
Orders | |
Ordination | August 18, 1984 by Ricardo Manuel Watty Urquidi |
Consecration | June 6, 2005 by Alexander Joseph Brunett, George Leo Thomas, and Gustavo García-Siller |
Personal details | |
Born | Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico | August 3, 1954
Education | Pontifical Gregorian University (JCL) |
Motto | Amicus amicorum Jesu (Friend of the friends of Jesus) |
Styles of Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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Source(s): "Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. |
Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. (born August 3, 1954) is a Mexican-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State since 2005.
Eusebio L. Elizondo was born on August 3, 1954, in Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology and a degree in canon law. He professed his vows to the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit order in 1974. [1]
Elizondo was ordained a priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit at the Church of Santa Cruz del Pedregal, San Angel in Mexico City by Bishop Ricardo Manuel Watty Urquidi on August 18, 1984. [1]
The Missionaries sent Elizondo in 2000 to the United States to serve at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Bothell, Washington, a parish with a large Hispanic population. [1]
Elizondo was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of Seattle and titular bishop of Acholla on May 12, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI. Elizondo was consecrated as the first Hispanic bishop in the archdiocese by Archbishop Alexander Brunett in Seattle on June 6, 2005. [2] [1]
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