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Crispín Ojeda Márquez

Bishop of Tehuantepec

Bishop

1952

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Ordained

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Consecrated Bishop

Tehuantepec

Diocese

Mexico

Country

The Life

Crispín Ojeda Márquez was born on 19 November 1952 in Tecomán, Colima, the eldest of eleven children, and entered the Colima seminary in September 1964. He taught at the Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades de Pihuamo from 1974 to 1976 and studied at the Seminario Interregional de Tula from 1976 to 1979, and was ordained a priest on 27 December 1979 in Tecomán by Bishop Rogelio Sánchez González. As a student of the Pontificio Colegio Mexicano he took a licentiate in philosophy at the Gregorian University from 1 September 1990 to August 1992, and he was rector of the Colima seminary from September 1992 to 14 August 2000, then secretary and prefect of studies of the Pontificio Colegio Mexicano from September 2001 to July 2004. On 4 June 2011 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of México, and he was consecrated bishop on 28 July 2011 in the Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe; his consecrator is not established, and none is inferred. On 27 July 2018 he was appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, and he took possession on 26 September 2018, with Nuncio Franco Coppola present. His predecessor Óscar Armando Campos Contreras had been transferred to Ciudad Guzmán, leaving Tehuantepec vacant since September 2017. In the CEM he is Responsable de la D.E. del Pontificio Colegio Mexicano for the triennium 2024-2027, a responsibility continuous from the June 2023 directorio.

He was still Bishop of Tehuantepec at as_of: he was 73, turning 74 on 19 November 2026, and no resignation acceptance, successor, or transfer news surfaced. CURRENCY NOTE: no dated 2025 or 2026 opened anchor was found; currency rests on the Catholic-Hierarchy live listings (data 26 October 2026, confirming him as current Bishop of Tehuantepec), the English Wikipedia diocese page (crawled 18 July 2026, current leadership line), the Prot. 314/24 listing, and the absence of contrary news.

In His Own Words

Soy solamente un signo y un instrumento de Dios... de una gran transformación, pues nuestra fe en Jesucristo puede transformar nuestras tristezas y penas en gozo, nuestra fe puede cambiar también, así como también nuestra familia y sociedad

Monterrey archdiocese installation report (SIAME republication), published 27 September 2018, ceremony morning of 26 September 2018; 2 fragments from ONE article joined by '... ', 38 words combined, parent-recounted from the opened page; fragment 2 opens lowercase because it continues the article's paraphrase sentence; Spanish original, no translation caveat.

The Old Mass, See by See

Tehuantepec2018-09-26 – presentNo act of his own

What he inheritedOpen tenure spanning the whole Traditionis custodes window; no governing act of his own concerning the 1962 Missal was found for it through as_of, and no statement of his concerning communion with the Society of St. Pius X after the Holy See's 2 July 2026 schism declaration was found. NO WEAK-DATE FLAG: the Monterrey article dated 27 September 2018 says he assumed office 'la mañana de este miércoles', and 26 September 2018 was a Wednesday, so the relative dating + weekday anchor corroborate the roster date. His predecessor Campos Contreras left in September 2017, before the motu proprio, so there are no predecessor TC acts to inherit; his Prot. role is the Pontificio Colegio Mexicano, never a liturgical-regulation act; and no CEM collective act is attributed to him.

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

Reviewed 2026-10-28Confidence: medium

México2011-07-28 – 2018-07-27auxiliary

Held before Traditionis Custodes; no record on the old Mass falls in this tenure.

Domus Dei’s Verdict

The Bishop & the Mass of Ages

No governing act of his own found

References & Further Reading

Toma de posesión de Mons. Crispín Ojeda de la Diócesis de Tehuantepec — Archdiocese of Monterrey (SIAME republication) · 2018PRESS, ROSTER FROM_SOURCE VERBATIM, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. Dateline 27 September 2018; 'asumió el cargo la mañana de este miércoles'; Nuncio Franco Coppola quoted; 'Con información de: Siame' - a SIAME republication on the Monterrey archdiocese site, press tier, NOT diocesan-primary. POSSESSION DATE, NO WEAK-DATE FLAG: the article dated 27 September 2018 says he assumed office 'la mañana de este miércoles', and 26 September 2018 was a Wednesday (date -d confirmed), so the relative dating + weekday anchor corroborate the roster date 26 September 2018, the same method that lifted the Zapata flag in batch 21. QUOTE SOURCE. Article typo 'terremoto de 20017' = the 2017 earthquake. Parent-opened in full October 2026.

El Papa Francisco nombra a Crispín Ojeda como nuevo Obispo de Tehuantepec — Vida Nueva Digital · 2018PRESS, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. Born 19 November 1952 in Tecomán, Colima, eldest of eleven; Colima seminary September 1964; teacher at Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades de Pihuamo 1974-1976; Seminario Interregional de Tula 1976-1979; priest 27 December 1979 in Tecomán by Bishop Rogelio Sánchez González; Gregorian philosophy licentiate as a Pontificio Colegio Mexicano student 1 September 1990-August 1992; Colima seminary rector September 1992-14 August 2000; PCM secretary + prefect of studies September 2001-July 2004; appointed México auxiliary by Benedict XVI 4 June 2011; ordained bishop 28 July 2011 in the Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe; appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec 27 July 2018 (CEM comunicado quoted; Aguiar Retes thanked him for 'seven years' as México auxiliary); see vacant since September 2017 after Óscar Armando Campos Contreras was transferred to Ciudad Guzmán; Tehuantepec erected 23 June 1891, suffragan of Antequera. Consecrator(s) for 28 July 2011 NOT established - do NOT infer Rivera Carrera. Parent-opened in full October 2026.

Directorio, 20 June 2023 edition, entry 55 — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano · 2023PRIMARY-CONFERENCE, PARENT-READ. Entry 55, OBISPO DE TEHUANTEPEC: born 19 November 1952; priest 27 December 1979; episcopal 28 July 2011; curia Tehuantepec. PCM listings ('Responsable PCM' + 'Responsable del PCM Mons. Crispín Ojeda Márquez') show the PCM responsibility PREDATES Prot. 314/24; it is continuous, not new. Diocese index '58. Tehuantepec Mons. Crispín Ojeda Márquez.' This is the auxiliary tenure's from_source citation string. Parent-read on the extraction October 2026.

Comisiones Episcopales de la CEM, Trienio 2024-2027, Prot. 314/24 — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (Vida Nueva Digital reproduction) · 2024PRIMARY-CONFERENCE, VIA REPRODUCTION. Under 'C.E. PARA VOCACIONES Y MINISTERIOS': 'S.E. Mons. Crispín Ojeda Márquez Responsable de la D.E. del Pontificio Colegio Mexicano, Obispo de Tehuantepec.' No other Prot. 314/24 listing for him. Parent-read October 2026.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tehuantepec — English WikipediaWIKIPEDIA TIER, CURRENCY ANCHOR, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. Current leadership 'Bishop Crispín Ojeda Márquez'; ordinaries list: Campos Contreras 2010-2017, 'Crispin Ojeda Márquez (2018-present)' - unaccented first name in the list; roster spelling governs. Crawled 18 July 2026. Parent-opened in full October 2026.

Living Bishops by Name (O) index — Catholic-HierarchySPINE, CURRENCY ANCHOR, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. 'Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez, Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México' - current at as_of. Data 26 October 2026. The page resolves to the Living Bishops (O) index, not an individual profile, and supplies no birth date or consecrator data. BIRTH-MONTH VARIANT FLAG: Catholic-Hierarchy's 'Active Bishops Near the Age Limit' list (search-rendered only, never opened as a page) prints 19 March 1952; CH ages are computed FROM CH's own stored birth date, so they merely restate CH's March date and are NOT independent corroboration of it. The contest is therefore three carriers (roster + CEM directorio conference-primary + Vida Nueva press) for 19 November 1952 against one spine source for March; the dossier ships 19 November 1952, and a roster born correction is Timothy/Claude's call, NOT made. Parent-opened in full October 2026.

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