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Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos

Bishop of Mixes
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1953
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The Life

Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos was born on 25 September 1953 in León, and became a Salesian of Don Bosco. He made his religious profession in 1974 and his perpetual profession in Guadalajara on 28 September 1980, studied philosophy and theology at the Salesian seminary of Tlaquepaque, took a licentiate in educación media in educational psychology and a licentiate in spiritual theology at the Salesian University in Rome, and did postgraduate work in spiritual theology at Berkeley, USA. He was ordained a priest on 11 December 1982 in Tlaquepaque. As a Salesian he was director and spiritual director of the Salesian Minor Seminary, director of the Salesian Institute of Higher Studies, director and novice master of the Chulavista novitiate, director of the Teologado Tlaquepaque, director of the Provincial House in Guadalajara, Vicario Inspectorial, Delegado para la Formación, and finally Inspector (provincial) of the North México Province; from 2015 he was in Rome as delegate for Latin America in the Formation Office and Dicastery of the Salesian General Directorate. On 13 June 2018 he was appointed bishop-prelate of Mixes on the resignation of Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B., and he was consecrated bishop on 2 August 2018 for that see, so the Mixes tenure codes from consecration, no separate installation being established. He was still Prelate of Mixes at as_of, having turned 73 on 25 September 2026.

In the CEM he was a suplente of the Permanent Council for the province of Oaxaca in the June 2023 directorio, prior triennium only, and he was checked against the Prot. 314/24 comunicado for the triennium 2024-2027 and is NOT listed there, checked-and-absent from that document: he holds no 2024-2027 CEM commission, and the prior-triennium role is never carried forward. CURRENCY NOTE: no dated 2025 or 2026 press anchor was found; currency rests on the GCatholic diocese page (crawled 29 October 2026), the Catholic-Hierarchy living list (data 26 October 2026), the English Wikipedia page (2018-Present), and the absence of contrary news.

The Old Mass, See by See
Mixes2018-08-02 – 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. His predecessor Guerrero Córdova left Mixes in 2018, before the motu proprio, so there are no predecessor TC acts to inherit; 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
Domus Dei’s Verdict
The Bishop & the Mass of Ages
No governing act of his own found
References & Further Reading
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Holy See bulletin N. 180613c, 13 June 2018 — Holy See Press Office · 2018TIER 1, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL, WITH FLAGGED VARIANT. Accepted Guerrero Córdova's resignation; appointed 'H.E. Msgr. Salvador Cleofás Murguía Medina, S.D.B., formator at the Directorate of the Salesians in Rome.' CV headed 'Murguía Medina': born in León 25 September 1953; philosophy/theology at the Salesian seminary of Tlaquepaque; licentiate in educación media in educational psychology + licentiate in spiritual theology at the Salesian University in Rome; postgraduate in spiritual theology at Berkeley, USA; priest 11 December 1982; offices: director + spiritual director Salesian Minor Seminary, director Salesian Institute of Higher Studies, director + Master of Novices Chulavista Novitiate, provincial of the North Mexico Province, director Provincial House Guadalajara; since 2015 in Rome as delegate for Latin America at the Office for Formation of the General Direction. SECOND-SURNAME FLAG: the dossier ships 'Villalobos' on nine carriers (roster + CEM + InfoANS + GCatholic + CH + English Wikipedia body) against this bulletin + Zenit; the Italian Bollettino original is unopened (no verbatim URL surfaced; /en/ to /it/ swapping barred), so the ruling revisits if it ever surfaces reading 'Medina'. Parent-opened in full October 2026.
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México: el Papa nombra prelado de Mixes al P. Salvador Cleofás Murguía — Zenit (Spanish) · 2018PRESS, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. Follows the bulletin exactly on 'Murguía Medina' (appointment line + CV header); prelature created 21 December 1964 by Paul VI, seat San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, suffragan of Antequera, assigned to the Salesians for Mixe indigenous missions; Guerrero its bishop since 2007. Bio as in the bulletin. Parent-opened in full October 2026.
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Vaticano: el P. Cleofás Murguía Villalobos fue nombrado nuevo Obispo de Mixes — InfoANS (Salesian news agency, Spanish) · 2018ORDER-PRIMARY, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. 'El P. Cleofás Murguía Villalobos fue nombrado nuevo Obispo de Mixes'; Salesian, then member of the Formation Dicastery at the Salesian Central House. Adds what the bulletin omits: religious profession 1974, perpetual profession in Guadalajara 28 September 1980; licentiate in Education (Pedagogy); spiritual theology at the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) Rome; priest 11 December 1982 in Tlaquepaque; director + spiritual director Minor Seminary Guadalajara; director Instituto Salesiano de Estudios Avanzados; director + novice master Noviciado Chula-Vista; director Casa Inspectorial Guadalajara; director Teologado Tlaquepaque; Vicario Inspectorial, Delegado para la Formación, finally Inspector. Parent-opened in full October 2026.
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Directorio, 20 June 2023 edition, entry 51 — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano · 2023PRIMARY-CONFERENCE, PARENT-READ. Entry 51, OBISPO PRELADO DE MIXES: born 25 September 1953; priest 11 December 1982; episcopal 2 August 2018; curia Ayutla-Mixes. Consejo Permanente (Oaxaca suplente, prior triennium); diocese index '4. Mixes Mons. Salvador C. Murguía Villalobos, S.D.B.' This is the open tenure's from_source citation string. Parent-read on the extraction October 2026.
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Territorial Prelature of Mixes — GCatholicSPINE, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. Present prelate 'Bishop Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, S.D.B. (73)' (2018.06.13 - ...) Bishop-Prelate of Mixes; born 1953.09.25 (León); priest 1982.12.11; consecrated bishop 2018.08.02; history: established 1964.12.21; predecessor block: Guerrero Córdova 2007.03.03-2018.06.13, consecrated 2007.04.28; Gallardo Martín del Campo 2000.12.16-2006.05.08, then Veracruz; Sánchez Fuentes 1970.01.14-2000.12.16; statistics (2022.12.31): 10,000 km²; 147,000 Catholics (85.4% of 172,224); 21 parishes, 1 mission; 34 priests, 14 deacons, 55 religious, 5 seminarians. MOTTO SLOT HELD ONLY: 'Pasce oves meas' sits directly under HIS entry, before Guerrero's block - unlike the batch-23 Salcedo trap, where the slot belonged to the predecessor, this slot IS his; still slot-only, single carrier, so it is HELD in this note and in the batch notes, NEVER asserted in bio prose. Crawled 29 October 2026. Parent-opened in full October 2026.
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Living Bishops by Name (M), page 3 — Catholic-HierarchySPINE, CURRENCY ANCHOR, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. 'Bishop Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, S.D.B., Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México' among LIVING bishops - current at as_of. Data 26 October 2026. Adjacent line: 'Bishop Jesús Murgui Soriano, Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain' - the trap neighbor, confirmed visually. Parent-opened in full October 2026.
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Territorial Prelature of Mixes — English WikipediaWIKIPEDIA TIER, CURRENCY ANCHOR, PARENT-OPENED IN FULL. Body: 'The present ordinary, Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, is a Salesian of Don Bosco from the Mexico-Guadalajara (MEG) province... In 2018 he was nominated to succeed Msgr. Héctor Guerrero Córdova'; ordinaries list ends 'Salvador Cleofás Murguía S.D.B. (2018-Present)'. Infobox typo 'Prelate: Salvador Cleofás Munguia' (missing 'r', unaccented) - never merged; body form matches the roster. History: erected 21 December 1964. Reference: Vida Nueva 'La Prelatura de Mixes tiene nuevo obispo', 13 June 2018 - URL never surfaced, never opened, never cited. Crawled 30 August 2026. Parent-opened in full October 2026.
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Comisiones Episcopales de la CEM, Trienio 2024-2027, Prot. 314/24 — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (Vida Nueva Digital reproduction) · 2024PRIMARY-CONFERENCE, VIA REPRODUCTION, CHECKED-AND-ABSENT. A find for 'Murgu' on the full 510-line extraction returns nothing: he holds no 2024-2027 CEM commission, so the June 2023 directorio's Consejo Permanente role is prior-triennium only and is never carried forward as a 2024-2027 office. Parent-checked October 2026.
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