Constancio Miranda Weckmann (born 15 September 1952) is a Mexican archbishop of the Roman Catholic church, currently serving as head of the archdiocese of Chihuahua. In the past he was also the bishop of Atlacomulco, as well as briefly serving as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Parral in June 2012.

Personal life

Miranda Weckmann was born on 15 September 1952 in the small settlement of Cruces in the state of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico.

Religious life

Miranda Weckmann carried out his priestly studies at the seminary of the Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary in

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, and later at the seminary of

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the regional seminary of the north in Chihuahua. He was ordained a priest on 30 September 1977 by the then Bishop-prelate Justo Goizueta Gridilla

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as a secular priest for the Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera. After his ordination he was sent to Rome where he was a student of the Pontifical Mexican College and graduated with a degree in Moral Theology at the Pontifical Alfonsina Academy.

As Bishop

On 27 June 1998 Miranda Weckmann was appointed to be bishop of the diocese of Atlacomulco. He was ordained a bishop on 4 August 1998, and consecrated by then-apostolic nuncio to Mexico

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. The co-consecrant were

Ricardo Guízar Díaz Ricardo Guízar Díaz (February 24, 1933 – December 4, 2015) was a Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Atlacomulco from 1984 to 1996 and the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnepan ...

, Archbishop of

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and

Juan Guillermo López Soto Juan Guillermo López Soto (February 10, 1947 – September 8, 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. Biography He served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, based in Chihuahua state, for 26 years from Novembe ...

, bishop of Miranda's home diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera.

As Archbishop

On 29 September 2009, it was announced that Miranda Weckmann was chosen by

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to be the next archbishop of Chihuahua to replace

José Fernández Arteaga José Fernández Arteaga (12 September 1933 – 17 December 2021) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Chihuahua. He previously served as the bishop of Apatzingán from 1974 to 1980 and Colima Colima () ...

, who had reached the mandatory age of retirement of 75. Miranda Weckmann was installed as archbishop of Chihuahua on 19 November 2009.

References

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