Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (born 3 January 1958) is a

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who worked in the Roman Curia as Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021, when he was appointed Archbishop of Xalapa. He has been a bishop since 2009.

Biography

Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong was born in Mérida, Yucatán, on 3 January 1958. His maternal grandfather had emigrated to Mexico from China. He was ordained a priest by Manuel Castro Ruiz on 12 January 1988 for the

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. On 15 October 2009 he was appointed the coadjutor bishop of Papantla, and he was ordained a bishop on 15 December of that year by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico. He succeeded

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as bishop of the diocese on 2 May 2012. Pope Francis appointed him secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on 21 September 2013 and made him a titular archbishop. He joked that his "Chinese features and Chinese blood" eased his communication with Asians in Rome. On 9 November 2013 he was made a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education, on 29 July 2014 a consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and on 15 September 2015 a councilor of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. On 8 December 2021, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Xalapa.

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at Catholic-Hierarchy {{DEFAULTSORT:Patron Wong, Jorge Carlos 1958 births Living people People from Mérida, Yucatán Officials of the Roman Curia 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Mexican people of Chinese descent