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Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán

Bishop of Tacámbaro
Bishop
1966
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Ordained
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Consecrated Bishop
Tacámbaro
Diocese
Mexico
Country
The Life

Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán was born in Monterrey on 17 October 1966, and was ordained a priest on 15 August 1997, incardinated into the metropolitan archdiocese of Monterrey. His offices were chaplain of the Rectory of San Maximiliano Kolbe and of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Angels; missionary in the diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas; director of the Pastoral Centre for Missionary Formation and of the Missions Department; ecclesial assessor of the Raza Nueva en Cristo Movement; parish priest of San Miguel Arcángel in Juárez; prefect of the Institute of Theology of the Archdiocesan Seminary; member of the College of Consultors; and rector of the archdiocesan seminary of Monterrey since 2015.

He was appointed titular bishop of Milevi and auxiliary of Monterrey on 17 October 2020, jointly with César Garza Miranda (titular Magneto) and José Manuel Garza Madero (titular Tiburnia), and received episcopal ordination on 17 December 2020. The titular form Milevi governs: both bulletin curriculum vitae entries give Milevi, while the 2024 appointment line gives Milevo, a variant for the same see. The joint consecration ceremony with Garza Miranda and Garza Madero is consistent with the corpus, which codes the same 17 December 2020 date for Garza Madero, but no opened source asserts a joint ceremony, and his consecrator and consecration venue are unestablished; the metropolitan is not inferred as principal consecrator.

He was appointed bishop of Tacámbaro on 8 June 2024, and was installed on 20 August 2024, a spine-tier date on which the roster and Catholic-Hierarchy agree; a diocesan primary for the installation is still owed. The 2024 bulletin appointment line misprints the see as Tacámbero; the curriculum vitae and the installation record give Tacámbaro. The Tacámbaro vacancy ran about thirteen months, his predecessor Gerardo Díaz Vázquez having left on 13 July 2023; the vacancy administrator is not established and is not coded.

The Old Mass, See by See
Tacámbaro2024-08-20 – presentNo act of his own
What he inheritedNo decree, permission, restriction, or public statement of his own concerning the 1962 Missal was found for his Tacámbaro tenure through as_of.
Since the SSPX decree of 2 July 2026: No statement recorded as of 2026-10-28.
Reviewed 2026-10-28Confidence: medium
Monterrey2020-12-17 – 2024-06-08auxiliaryNo act of his own
What he inheritedNo decree, permission, restriction, or public statement of his own concerning the 1962 Missal was found for his Monterrey auxiliary tenure through as_of.
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
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Resignations and Appointments, 8 June 2024 — Holy See Press Office · 2024PRIMARY. Joint bulletin: Miranda Guardiola to Piedras Negras and Arcq Guzmán to Tacámbaro. Appointment line gives titular Milevo and see Tacámbero, both variants flagged; curriculum vitae gives born 17 October 1966 Monterrey, priest 15 August 1997, full offices, appointed titular Milevi and Monterrey auxiliary 17 October 2020, episcopal ordination 17 December 2020. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Resignations and Appointments, 17 October 2020 — Holy See Press Office · 2020PRIMARY. Joint appointment of the three Monterrey auxiliaries: Garza Miranda titular Magneto, Arcq Guzmán titular Milevi and rector of the archdiocesan seminary, Garza Madero titular Tiburnia. Arcq curriculum vitae: born Monterrey 17 October 1966, priest 15 August 1997, offices, rector of the archdiocesan seminary since 2015. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Year 2024, August, Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 2024SPINE. 20 August block: Installed, Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán, Bishop of Tacámbaro. Parent-opened October 2026. A diocesan primary for the installation is still owed; the date is never upgraded beyond spine tier on this source.
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