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José Manuel Garza Madero

Auxiliary Bishop in Monterrey

Auxiliary Bishop

1952

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Ordained

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Consecrated Bishop

Monterrey

Diocese

Mexico

Country

The Life

José Manuel Garza Madero was born on 15 January 1952 in Monterrey. He entered the Seminary of Monterrey in 1970, studying philosophy and theology, and studied dogmatic theology in Rome in 1987 and 1988. He was ordained a priest on 8 September 1979 in the Basílica de la Purísima Concepción de María in Monterrey.

As a priest he served as Vicario Cooperador of Santa María Reina in 1979; as Vicario parroquial of San Juan Bosco from 1979 to 1981; as Vicario Cooperador of the Parroquia y Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Fátima in San Pedro Garza García from 1981 to 1987; as Vicario parroquial of the Santuario Nuestra Señora de Fátima from 1988 to 2001; as Asesor Nacional de la Renovación Carismática en el Espíritu Santo from 1988 to 2003 and Asesor del Consejo Latinoamericano de la Renovación Carismática from 1995 to 2003; as parish priest of Mater Admirabilis in San Pedro Garza García from 2006 to 2019; as Decano of the decanato Nuestra Señora de Fátima from 2011 to 2017; as Vicario Episcopal de la Zona Pastoral V from 2017 to 2019; as Rector of the Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey from 2019 to 2020; as Vicario Episcopal para la Tramitación y Celebración de Sacramentos en Situaciones Especiales from 2019 to 2020; as a member of the Presbyteral Council designated by the Archbishop from 2016; as Director of the Escuela Bíblica Arquidiocesana from 2019; and as parish priest of the Parroquia y Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Fátima from July 2020. The archdiocesan list gives no office between the Fátima vicariate ending in 2001 and Mater Admirabilis beginning in 2006.

Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of Monterrey on 17 October 2020, in the same bulletin as César Garza Miranda and Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán, assigning him the titular see of Tiburnia, and he was consecrated bishop on 17 December 2020. The archdiocesan page currently lists him as a member of the College of Consultors, as Asesor of the Comunidad Familia de Dios, as Vicar General, and as Delegado personal of the Movimiento de Renovación Cristiana Católica en el Espíritu Santo; the start date of his vicariate general is not given. No motto is found for him in the opened sources.

The Old Mass, See by See

Monterrey2020-12-17 – presentauxiliaryNo act of his own

What he inheritedNo provision for the 1962 Missal of his own is established in the record; as auxiliary bishop he does not promulgate diocesan liturgical provisions, which are the act of the diocesan bishop, Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López.

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

Rinunce e nomine, 17 October 2020 — Holy See Press Office · 2020Spanish bulletin. Appoints Garza Miranda (titular Magneto), Arcq Guzmán (titular Milevi) and Garza Madero (titular Tiburnia) as auxiliary bishops of Monterrey. Garza Madero CV: born Monterrey 15 January 1952, priest 8 September 1979, parish vicar, Renewal assistant, parish priest, dean, episcopal vicar; at appointment rector of the Metropolitan Cathedral, member of the College of Consultors and of the Presbyteral Council, and episcopal vicar for sacraments in special situations.

Obispos Auxiliares — Archdiocese of MonterreyBiography: born Monterrey 15 January 1952; Seminary of Monterrey from 1970; dogmatic theology in Rome 1987-1988; priest 8 September 1979 in the Basílica de la Purísima Concepción de María; full priestly-office list; current offices under 'Actualmente' (College of Consultors, Asesor Comunidad Familia de Dios, Vicar General undated, Delegado personal Movimiento de Renovación Cristiana Católica en el Espíritu Santo). The page misprints 'Caristmátic' for 'Carismática'; it affects nothing.

Directorio de la Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano, 20 June 2023 edition — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (CEM) · 2023Entry 6, Obispo Auxiliar de Monterrey: born 15 January 1952, priest 8 September 1979, episcopal ordination 17 December 2020.

17 December, Living Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 20202020 block: José Manuel Garza Madero, age 68.9, Ordained Bishop, Titular Bishop of Tetci, Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey. The 'Tetci' rendering conflicts with the Holy See bulletin's 'Tiburnia'; the bulletin governs and Tetci is recorded here only as a conflicting secondary rendering.

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