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Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez

Bishop of Valle de Chalco
Bishop
1950
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Ordained
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Consecrated Bishop
Valle de Chalco
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Mexico
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The Life

Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez was born on 17 November 1950 and was ordained a priest on 21 November 1976. His birthplace, San Martín de las Pirámides, Estado de México, and his status as a priest of the Diocese of Texcoco rest on the Wikipedia tier, the Anexo row for Valle de Chalco, and are flagged as such here, not presented as primary evidence; the priest-of-Texcoco line is consistent with his Texcoco auxiliary appointment, but that is inference, not evidence. He was elected auxiliary bishop of Texcoco on 13 May 2006 and consecrated bishop on 25 July 2006; the consecrator and venue are unestablished, and his education and pre-episcopal offices were not established, neither the 2006 nor the 2012 Holy See bulletin curriculum having been located. A Guadalajara archdiocesan boletín misprint calling him 'Vicente' is never copied, and a Texcoco pastoral-history timeline claiming a 2005 episcopal ordination is rejected: GCatholic and the CEM directorio agree on 2006, both parent-opened. While bishop-elect of Valle de Chalco he held the conference office of Secretary General of the CEM, confirmed by an opened communiqué signed with that title between his appointment and his possession; a conference office is background only, never a tenure.

He was appointed second bishop of Valle de Chalco by Benedict XVI on 25 October 2012 and was received there on 18 December 2012. The diocese was erected on 8 July 2003 by the bull Venerabilis Frater, from Netzahualcóyotl territory, as a suffragan of Tlalnepantla, with its cathedral at San Juan Diego, Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, and 57 parishes in 2020. His predecessor was Luis Artemio Flores Calzada, first bishop, from 8 July 2003 to 30 March 2012, when he was appointed to Tepic; the see was vacant roughly May to December 2012 and no vacancy administrator was established, none being invented here. The roster source for the possession, an MVT announcement of 4 December 2012, is a pre-event item, live-checked in October 2026 and confirmed pre-event, and is not cited as opened; the dossier source is the post-event Mensajero history piece of July 2020, by the dossier-only upgrade precedent, the roster itself unchanged. No book or signed pastoral letter of his was located; his 17 March 2020 Sunday-obligation dispensation is a diocesan comunicado, governance rather than a work, and in any case was only search-rendered. No motto string was found in any tier: the diocesan seal description sometimes surfaced in searches belongs to the diocese, not to his personal arms, and 'Como familia al encuentro de Jesús' is a diocesan event motto, not his personal motto, and neither is shipped.

The Old Mass, See by See
Valle de Chalco2012-12-18 – presentNo act of his own
What he inheritedOpen tenure beginning 18 December 2012, long before the Traditionis custodes window; no governing act of his own concerning the 1962 Missal was found for it from 16 July 2021 onward 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. Predecessor Flores Calzada's acts are not his, and no CEM collective act is coded as his.
Since the SSPX decree of 2 July 2026: No statement recorded as of 2026-10-28.
Reviewed 2026-10-28Confidence: medium
Texcoco2006-07-25 – 2012-10-25auxiliary
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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Directorio, 20 June 2023 edition, entry 59 — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano · 2023PRIMARY-CONFERENCE. OBISPO DE VALLE DE CHALCO; born 17 November 1950; priestly ordination 21 November 1976; episcopal ordination 25 July 2006. Born agrees with the roster exactly. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Bishops Consecrated in 2006 — GCatholic · 2006SPINE. Row: 'Bishop Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez (75), Bishop of Valle de Chalco (Mexico) | 2006.05.13 | 2006.07.25' - elected 13 May 2006, consecrated 25 July 2006. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Arquidiócesis de Tiburnia — Wikipedia (Spanish)TIER. Episcopologio line: 'Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez (13 de mayo de 2006-25 de octubre de 2012 nombrado obispo de Valle de Chalco),' with the note that he held 'únicamente dignidad episcopal, aunque la sede era arzobispal titular' - episcopal dignity only, though the titular see was archiepiscopal. Supports the auxiliary close at the 25 October 2012 appointment. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Diócesis de Valle de Chalco — Wikipedia (Spanish)TIER. Erected 8 July 2003, bull Venerabilis Frater, from Netzahualcóyotl territory, suffragan of Tlalnepantla, cathedral San Juan Diego, 57 parishes (2020). CAUTIONS: the page's statistics line 'a fines de 2050' is a typo for 2020, never repeated; its episcopologio line 'desde el 25 de octubre de 2012' is an appointment-date display, rejected for tenure coding; episcopologio gives Flores Calzada 8 July 2003-30 March 2012, appointed to Tepic. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Mensajero No. 307, Provincia Eclesiástica de Tlalnepantla, 5 July 2020 — Leandro Medina Cabrera · CODIPACS Valle de Chalco · 2020PROVINCE-LEVEL HISTORY, POST-EVENT. 'El 18 de diciembre de 2012 recibimos a Mons. Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, nombrado segundo Obispo por el Papa Benedicto XVI el 25 de octubre de ese mismo año.' This is the dossier source for the open tenure by the dossier-only upgrade precedent; the roster cites the MVT pre-event announcement and is unchanged. ATTRIBUTION NUANCE: the sentence appears twice in the PDF text extraction (lines 1051 and 4430) because of column duplication in the layout - count it as ONE source, not two attestations. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Comunicado, XCIV Asamblea Plenaria — Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (hosted by the Diocese of Ciudad Obregón)PRIMARY-CONFERENCE. Signature line: '+ Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez, Obispo Electo de Valle de Chalco, Secretario General de la CEM' - he held the Secretary General office while bishop-elect, between the 25 October 2012 appointment and the 18 December 2012 possession. Conference office, background only. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Anexo: Obispos de México, Valle de Chalco row — Wikipedia (Spanish)TIER, FLAGGED. Row: 'Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez / 25 de octubre de 2012 por Benedicto XVI / Obispo auxiliar de Texcoco / Sacerdote en la Diócesis de Texcoco / San Martín de las Pirámides, Estado de México, 17 de noviembre de 1950.' Sole carrier for the birthplace town and the priest-of-Texcoco line; both ship flagged, never as primary evidence. Parent-opened October 2026.
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Todo listo para que asuma nuevo obispo de Valle de Chalco — MVT · 2012ROSTER SOURCE, NOT CITED AS OPENED. Live-checked by a read-only browser task in October 2026: the page LOADS (title as here; header '4 DE DICIEMBRE, 2012' under 'RELIGIÓN', byline 'Agencia de Noticias MVT'; dateline 'VALLE DE CHALCO, México, 4 de Dic.-'; opening sentence: 'Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez asumirá como obispo de Valle de Chalco el próximo 18 de diciembre, ante la presencia del nuncio apostólico, Christophe Pierre, y el cardenal de la ciudad de México, Norberto Rivera Carrera'; it calls the event 'esta toma de posesión' and describes the planned program). VERDICT: pre-event announcement, future wording, 14 days ahead of the ceremony. Text-fetch failures for this URL in both passes were fetch-layer, NOT a dead link. The dossier source for the open tenure is the Mensajero piece above, not this item.
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