Francisco Moreno Barrón (born 3 October 1954) is a Mexican bishop who served as

auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...

in the Arquidiócesis of Morelia from 2002 to 2008 and. On 28 March 2008

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appointed him as the third

bishop of Tlaxcala A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role ...

. He was installed in the

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on 28 May 2008, and has served since then as shepherd of this diocese. On 16 June 2016 Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Tijuana.

Life

Francisco Moreno Barrón was born in the city of

Salamanca, Guanajuato Salamanca ( Otomi: ''Xidoo'' "Place of Tepetate") is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The city was founded on January 1, 1603, as 'Villa de Salamanca' by the Viceroy Gaspar de Zúñiga, fifth Count of Monterrey, who w ...

state in Mexico on 3 October 1954. He studied for the priesthood at the Seminary of Morelia, which he entered in 1966. He was ordained a priest by the then-Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Estanislao Alcaraz Figueroa, on 25 February 1979. For five years he served as pastor in the parish of Santa Ana in

Zacapu Zacapu (''Place of Stones''), is a city and surrounding municipality in the Nahuatzen mountains of Michoacán, Mexico. It is located at . The municipality has an area of . Geographic features in Zacapu include the Cerro del Tecolote mountain ra ...

, and later was rector of the Temple of Christ the King in Morelia, responsible for diocesan youth ministry. He was rector and first pastor of the Lord of Mercy in Morelia until 2000, when he was appointed Episcopal Vicar. On 2 February 2002 Pope John Paul II appointed him as an Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia. On 20 March 2002 he was consecrated by Mons. Alberto Suárez Inda. He continued to work with young people in the Mexican Episcopal Conference until 28 March 2008, when he was appointed as third bishop of Tlaxcala by

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later appointed him as the Archbishop of Tijuana on 16 June 2016.

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