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Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón
Bishop
1967
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Ordained
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Consecrated Bishop
Ciudad Obregón
Diocese
Mexico
Country
The Life

Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini was born on 15 February 1967 in Rancho San Diego, in the Archdiocese of Puebla, and was ordained a priest for Puebla on 29 June 1993. He studied at the Palafoxiana Major Seminary of Puebla and took a licentiate in spirituality at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, with a diploma for seminary formators.

As a priest of Puebla he served as parish vicar, as diocesan assistant for family catechesis and family pastoral care, as president of the diocesan Commission for Ministers, and as professor and rector of the Palafoxiana Major Seminary, rector since 2008; he was also pastor of parishes in Puebla city and chaplain of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters. At his appointment to Ciudad Obregón he was a member of the Permanent Council of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico for the Province of Puebla.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him titular bishop of Satafis and auxiliary bishop of Puebla on 6 December 2013, and he received episcopal ordination on 3 March 2014. Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Ciudad Obregón on 15 September 2020, succeeding Felipe Padilla Cardona, whose resignation was accepted the same day; he was installed as the seventh Bishop of Ciudad Obregón on 14 November 2020.

The Old Mass, See by See
Ciudad Obregón2020-11-14 – presentNo act of his own
What he inheritedNo provision for the 1962 Missal inherited from Felipe Padilla Cardona is established in the record.
Since the SSPX decree of 2 July 2026: No statement recorded as of 2026-10-28.
Reviewed 2026-10-28Confidence: medium
Puebla2014-03-03 – 2020-09-15auxiliary
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
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Rinunce e nomine, 15 September 2020 — Holy See Press Office · 2020Appointment to Ciudad Obregon 15 September 2020, succeeding Felipe Padilla Cardona; CV: born 15 February 1967, Rancho San Diego, Puebla; priestly ordination 29 June 1993; licentiate in spirituality and diploma for seminary formators, Gregorian; Puebla offices; member of the CEM Permanent Council for the Province of Puebla; appointed titular bishop of Satafis and auxiliary of Puebla 6 December 2013, episcopal ordination 3 March 2014.
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Other Pontifical Acts — Vatican Information Service via Catholic News Singapore · 2013VIS notice of 6 December 2013: appointment as auxiliary bishop of Puebla; born 1967, Rancho San Diego; ordained to the priesthood 1993; pastor of Puebla parishes; chaplain of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters; rector of the Palafox Major Seminary since 2008; president of the diocesan commission for Ministries. The notice misspells him 'Rutile Felipe Pozos Lorenzini' and 'Pozos Lorenzi'; the 2020 bulletin spelling governs.
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3 March, Living Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 2014Pozos Lorenzini ordained bishop 3 March 2014, titular bishop of Satafis.
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Year 2020, November, Bishop Events — Catholic-Hierarchy · 2020Installed as Bishop of Ciudad Obregon 14 November 2020. The roster cites Diario del Yaqui of 14 November 2020 for the same date; that newspaper report itself was not opened, so the installation date rests on the roster citation plus this listing.
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