Gilbert Espinosa Chávez

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Who is Gilbert Espinosa Chávez?

Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Gilbert Chávez was born in Ontario, California. He studied at Immaculate Heart Seminary in San Diego and was ordained a priest of the San Diego diocese on March 19, 1960. Chávez was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego as well as titular bishop of Magarmel on April 9, 1974 by Pope Paul VI. Chávez was ordained a bishop on June 21, 1974. He was only the second Mexican American priest to be elevated to the rank of bishop in US Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI accepted Chávez resignation on June 1, 2007.

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on July 23, 2013

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