José Fortunato Álvarez Valdez (8 November 1967 in

Mexicali, Baja California Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is ...

– 7 November 2018 in Mexicali) was ordained to the priesthood in 1998. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Gómez Palacio The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gómez Palacio () is located in Mexico. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango from which it was erected by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Ordinaries * José Guadalupe Torres Campos (2008–2014), appo ...

from 2016 until his death a day shy of his 51st birthday.

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1967 births 2018 deaths 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-bishop-stub