Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez
Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez CSC (3 June 1907 – 29 January 1995) was an American Catholic bishop who served in Puerto Rico.[1]
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1907 of mixed Spanish and Puerto Rican ancestry,[2] Méndez-Gonzalez graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1933.[3] He was ordained a priest on 24 June 1935 in Washington, D.C. Pope John XXIII named him bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico on 23 July 1960.[4] He was consecrated bishop on 28 October 1960 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame by Francis Cardinal Spellman. He resigned as Bishop of Arecibo in 1974 (aged 66)[5] and returned to California.
In 1993 Mendez-Gonzalez consecrated Clarence James Kelly, a former priest of the Society of St. Pius X, a bishop, without papal permission, in a ceremony in Carlsbad, California. The consecration was announced after Mendez' death in 1995.[6]
References
- ↑ Archdiocese of Arecibo: "Perfil de la Diócesis: PADRE ALFREDO F. MENDEZ GONZALEZ, C.S.C." retrieved June 9, 2016
- ↑ Fenton, Jerry 1969. Understanding the religious background of the Puerto Rican, pp. 1-9
- ↑ "University of Notre Dame (promotional booklet)" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. 2005..
- ↑ The Virgin Islands Daily News, August 2, 1960
- ↑ "Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, Sacred and Profane (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 169-174. http://congregationofstpiusv.net/SacredandProfane.pdf
External links
- "bishop/bmendez". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.