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Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal

Auxiliary Bishop in Mexico

Auxiliary Bishop

1970

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Consecrated Bishop

Mexico

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The Life

Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal was born on 20 February 1970 in the City of Monterrey, and was ordained a priest on 9 January 1999 for the archdiocese of Monterrey; the Holy See bulletin, the CEM directorio and Catholic-Hierarchy agree on all three dates, and the roster born date agrees. He began studies as Contador público before entering the archdiocesan seminary in 1992, where he studied philosophy and theology; in 1995 he was sent to the Pontifical University of Mexico City, where he was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology, and in 2015 he was awarded a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University, the bulletin stating no field for the doctorate, so none is asserted here. His priestly offices, as the bulletin gives them, were deputy parish priest, coordinator of youth ministry, prefect of discipline and coordinator of studies at the seminary; in 2017-2018 pastor of San Jorge Mártir and zonal episcopal vicar; since 2018 member of the Commission for the health of priests; since 2019 pastor of Nuestra Señora de Fátima and head of the Department of Assets; professor of ecclesiology in the seminary; and chaplain of various communities of nuns. He is diocesan clergy of Monterrey, with no religious congregation and no post-nominal initials. SPELLING: the English Holy See bulletin prints 'Pérez Villareal' (single r); the roster double-r 'Villarreal' governs, and the same bulletin misprints co-appointee 'Raygosa' for Raygoza, the same typo class.

He was appointed auxiliary bishop of México on 25 January 2020, with the titular see of Bennefa, together with Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza (titular Suava) and Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. (titular Aradi), and was consecrated bishop on 19 March 2020; under the auxiliary-start rule the tenure codes from consecration, never from the appointment, and no separate installation followed, none being expected for an auxiliary. He was still auxiliary bishop of México at as_of: he turned 56 on 20 February 2026, and no transfer, resignation, or successor news surfaced. In the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate he was Secretario General for the triennium 2024-2027, confirmed at CEM-primary tier by the Prot. 314/24 comunicado, which names him twice, as CELAM delegate and on the National Basilica of Guadalupe council; whether he held the secretary-general office in the prior triennium is NOT established, so it is never backdated. His secretary-general status in 2025-2026 is independently confirmed by the opened InfoVaticana items, La Voz de la Nación (18 November 2025), and Agenzia Fides (18 September 2026). Conference offices are background only, never tenures and never Traditionis custodes acts. His current México vicariate or pastoral-zone assignment is not established, and his appointment-era Monterrey offices are never carried forward as México assignments.

In His Own Words

We don't come today to ask permission to build peace. We come to implore every sector of society, every Mexican, and the Mexican state itself to assume this historic responsibility, because peace cannot wait.

OSV News, via The Catholic Thing, press conference at CEM headquarters presenting the II National Dialogue for Peace, 12 January 2026 (1 fragment, 34 words, parent-recounted from the opened page; speaker attribution on the opened page: 'Auxiliary Bishop Héctor Pérez Villarreal of Mexico City said January 12.' CAVEAT: the parent-opened page is a truncated print rendering, lede + quote only; the full OSV News original was NOT opened, its outlink resolving to the article photo. Occasion independently confirmed by the opened InfoVaticana presentation article. Banked same-occasion InfoVaticana entry, 31 words, NOT added - duplicative of this entry.)

We are here because Mexico continues to suffer from violence, but also because there are people who still believe in peace. ... Only truth, the restoration of justice, and reconciliation will achieve peace for us.

InfoVaticana, inaugural session of the II National Dialogue for Peace, ITESO Guadalajara, 30 January 2026 (2 fragments, 34 words: 21 + 13, parent-recounted from the opened page; English rendering, translation-adaptation caveat. HEADLINE TRAP: the article's headline phrase 'peace is not decreed, it is woven' is Father Luis Gerardo Moro Madrid SJ's line, 'Peace is not decreed; it is built, woven thread by thread' - NEVER attribute it to Pérez Villarreal. The article's other rendered phrases, 'Mexico can be better' and 'exigent and everyday responsibility,' are paraphrase/partial, NOT shipped.)

The Old Mass, See by See

México2020-03-19 – presentauxiliaryNo act of his own

What he inheritedOpen tenure falling entirely inside the 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. As an auxiliary he is not the ordinary: any regulation of the 1962 Missal in the Archdiocese of Mexico would be Archbishop Aguiar Retes's act, not his, and CEM collective acts are background only, never 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

Directorio, 20 June 2023 edition, entry 24 — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano · 2023PRIMARY-CONFERENCE. OBISPO AUXILIAR DE MÉXICO; born 20 February 1970; priestly ordination 9 January 1999; episcopal ordination 19 March 2020; curia Durango No. 90 5° piso, Col. Roma Norte, 06700 CDMX. This is the roster's from_source for the open tenure. Parent-opened October 2026.

Appointment of auxiliary bishops of México, Mexico, 25 January 2020 — Holy See Press Office · 2020PRIMARY, ENGLISH BULLETIN. Appoints him auxiliary of México, titular Bennefa, 'of the clergy of the archdiocese of Monterrey, parish priest and head of the Department of Assets,' together with Luis Pérez Raygosa (Suava) and Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. (Aradi). CV as in the bio; doctorate field NOT stated. SPELLING: bulletin prints 'Pérez Villareal' (single r) and 'Raygosa' - roster 'Villarreal' and 'Raygoza' govern. Parent-opened in full October 2026.

Year 2020, March, Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 2020SPINE. 19 Mar block: 'Ordained Bishop - Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal - Titular Bishop of Bennefa - Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District,' alongside Pérez Raygoza (Suava) and Rivera Sánchez (Aradi) the same day. Second corroboration of the consecration date. Parent-opened October 2026.

Year 2020, January, Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 2020SPINE, WORKER-OPENED, PARENT CAVEAT. 25 Jan block: appointment lines for all three men, Pérez Villarreal as 'Titular Bishop of Bennefa' and 'Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District.' The parent's own open of this page truncated before the 25 Jan block, so the appointment lines rest on the worker's open plus the bulletin above - never cite the truncated view for the appointment. Worker-opened in full 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. CXVII Asamblea Plenaria, 14 November 2024: Pérez Villarreal = Secretario General, Obispo Auxiliar de México, triennium 2024-2027, named TWICE (CELAM delegates list and National Basilica of Guadalupe council list). Conference office, background only, never a tenure. Do NOT backdate to a prior triennium. Parent-opened in full October 2026.

Catholics push ahead with peace efforts as violence plagues Mexico — OSV News via The Catholic Thing · 2026PRESS, QUOTE SOURCE. 16 January 2026, press conference at CEM headquarters presenting the II National Dialogue for Peace, 12 January 2026. Quote entry, 1 fragment, 34 words, parent-recounted. CAVEAT: truncated print rendering, lede + quote only; full OSV original NOT opened. Parent-opened October 2026.

From managing violence to demanding peace: they call for the Second National Dialogue in Guadalajara, Mexico — InfoVaticana · 2026PRESS, OCCASION CONFIRMATION + BANKED ENTRY. 13 January 2026, press conference at CEM headquarters, 12 January 2026, presenting the II National Dialogue for Peace (ITESO Guadalajara, 30 January-1 February 2026); participants including Pérez Villarreal as CEM general secretary and auxiliary of Mexico. Banked same-occasion entry, 31 words, NOT shipped - duplicative of the OSV entry above. English rendering, translation-adaptation caveat. Worker-opened in full October 2026.

We turn on the light while others turn it off: peace is not decreed, it is woven - this is how the II National Dialogue for Peace in Guadalajara began — InfoVaticana · 2026PRESS, QUOTE SOURCE. 30 January 2026, inaugural session, ITESO Guadalajara; Pérez Villarreal intervened as CEM general secretary. Quote entry, 2 fragments, 34 words (21 + 13), parent-recounted. English rendering, translation-adaptation caveat. HEADLINE TRAP: 'peace is not decreed, it is woven' is Fr. Luis Gerardo Moro Madrid SJ's line, never his. Worker-opened in full October 2026.

The Mexican Church denounces the crisis of violence and impunity — La Voz de la Nación · 2025PRESS, PARAPHRASE ONLY, NOT A QUOTE SOURCE. 18 November 2025: reports the CEM statement of Sunday 16 November 2025 (expressed by president Ramón Castro Castro) and describes Pérez Villarreal, 'auxiliary bishop of Mexico and general secretary of the CEM,' as introducing an eschatological dimension. No words of his are quoted; nothing ships from it. Worker-opened in full October 2026.

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Priest shot dead in the Diocese of Huejutla — Agenzia Fides · 2026PRESS, CONFERENCE SIGNATURES ONLY. 18 September 2026: CEM statement on the murder of Fr. Román de la Cruz Hernández (Huejutla) 'signed by Ramón Castro Castro, Bishop of Cuernavaca and President of the CEM, and Héctor M. Pérez Villarreal, Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico and Secretary General.' Conference words, NEVER his individual words. Acosta Beltrán's own remarks in the same article are Acosta's. Worker-opened in full October 2026.

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