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Armando António Ortíz Aguirre

Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Bishop

1952

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Ordained

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Consecrated Bishop

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas

Diocese

Mexico

Country

The Life

Armando António Ortíz Aguirre was born on 17 February 1952; the Holy See bulletin prints his birthplace as Guanajuto, a misprint for Guanajuato, and gives no specific town, so none is assigned here. He was ordained a priest for the archdiocese of León on 17 June 1977, and was awarded a licentiate in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. His diocesan offices in León were formator, prefect of discipline, spiritual director, and head of the propaedeutic course of the minor seminary; vice-rector and professor of the major seminary; chaplain of Sanatorio Moderno Pablo de Anda; and spiritual director of the theology faculty of the León seminary and parish priest. Since 2004 he has been parish priest of San Maximiliano Kolbe and General Coordinator of the diocesan Priestly Commission, concerned also with the permanent formation of the León clergy.

He was appointed bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas on 20 November 2013, a priest of León until appointment, holding no prior episcopal office. He was consecrated bishop on 5 February 2014, a date on which Catholic-Hierarchy and GCatholic agree exactly; no distinct installation or toma de posesión date was found in any openable source, so the tenure codes from consecration and is flagged as such, and the 20 November 2013 appointment date is not substituted for it. No diocesan-primary consecration source was located. The diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas was erected on 11 October 1985, is suffragan of Morelia (of Acapulco until 25 November 2006), and its cathedral is the Cathedral of Christ the King; his predecessor was Fabio Martínez Castilla (2007-2013, appointed archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez). His consecrator and consecration venue are unestablished, and no conference dimension or commission role, book, pastoral letter, motto, or quotable fragment attributable to him was found.

The Old Mass, See by See

Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas2014-02-05 – presentNo act of his own

What he inheritedHis Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas tenure began on 5 February 2014, before the Traditionis custodes window opened on 16 July 2021; no governing act of his own concerning the 1962 Missal was found for it through as_of, and no predecessor act is coded as his.

Since the SSPX decree of 2 July 2026: No statement recorded as of 2026-10-28.

Reviewed 2026-10-28Confidence: medium

Domus Dei’s Verdict

The Bishop & the Mass of Ages

No governing act of his own found

References & Further Reading

Resignations and Appointments, 20 November 2013 — Holy See Press Office · 2013PRIMARY. Appointment plus full curriculum vitae: born 17 February 1952, birthplace printed as Guanajuto (misprint for Guanajuato; no town stated); priest 17 June 1977 for León; Gregorian licentiate in Philosophy; diocesan offices; since 2004 parish priest of San Maximiliano Kolbe and General Coordinator of the diocesan Priestly Commission. Parent-opened October 2026. The bulletin states the appointment only; it gives no consecration date and no motto.

Year 2014, February, Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 2014SPINE. 5 February block: Ordained Bishop, Armando António Ortíz Aguirre, Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, age 61.9, consistent with the 17 February 1952 birth date. Parent-opened October 2026.

Bishops Consecrated in 2014 — GCatholic · 2014SPINE. Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre, Bishop of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, 2013.11.20 | 2014.02.05, agreeing exactly with Catholic-Hierarchy. Parent-opened October 2026.

Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas — WikipediaTIER. Erection 11 October 1985, suffragan of Morelia (of Acapulco until 25 November 2006), Cathedral of Christ the King, ordinaries list. Its ordinary list displays Ortíz Aguirre as 2013 - present, the appointment-year display trap, rejected: the tenure start is the 5 February 2014 consecration, not 2013. Its metropolitan line naming Carlos Garfias Merlos is stale after his January 2026 resignation and is not carried as current. Parent-opened October 2026.

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