Anselmo Zarza Bernal (June 4, 1916 – April 15, 2014) was a Mexican bishop in the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. Bernal was born in

Atlixco Atlixco () is a city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla. It is a regional industrial and commercial center but economically it is much better known for its production of ornamental plants and cut flowers. The city was founded early i ...

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

in June 1916. He was ordained a priest in 1939. He was the Bishop of

Linares, Nuevo León Linares is a small city in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name and it is the largest urban centre of the so-called "orange belt" region. The city had a 20 ...

, from 1962 to 1966 and the Bishop of

León, Guanajuato () , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Political divisions of Mexico, State , subdivision_name1 = , establishe ...

, from 1966 to 1992. Bernal died in

León, Guanajuato () , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Political divisions of Mexico, State , subdivision_name1 = , establishe ...

in April 2014 at the age of 97.

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Bishops of Mexico

1916 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico 20th-century Roman Catholic theologians Participants in the Second Vatican Council People from Atlixco People from León, Guanajuato {{Mexico-RC-bishop-stub