Alfredo Méndez-Gonzalez

Alfredo Méndez Gonzalez
Alfredo Méndez Gonzalez
Church	Roman Catholicism
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Arecibo
In office	1960 — 1974
Personal details
Born	1907; Chicago, Illinois
Died	January 28, 1995; Cincinnati, Ohio
Buried	Catedral de San Felipe Apostol in Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez CSC (3 June 1907 – 29 January 1995) was an American Catholic bishop who served in Puerto Rico.[1]

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1907 of mixed Spanish and Puerto Rican ancestry,[2] Méndez-Gonzalez graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1933.[3] He was ordained a priest on 24 June 1935 in Washington, DC. Pope John XXIII named him bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico on 23 July 1960.[4] He was consecrated bishop on 28 October 1960 in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame by Francis Cardinal Spellman. He resigned as Bishop of Arecibo in 1974 (aged 66)[5] and returned to California.

In 1993 Mendez-Gonzalez consecrated Clarence James Kelly, a former priest of the Society of Saint Pius V, a bishop, without papal permission, in a ceremony in Carlsbad, California. The consecration was announced after Mendez' death in 1995.[6]

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
New title	Bishop of Arecibo 1960-1974	Succeeded by Miguel Rodriguez Rodriguez, C.Ss.R.

References

Archdiocese of Arecibo: "Perfil de la Diócesis: PADRE ALFREDO F. MENDEZ GONZALEZ, C.S.C." retrieved June 9, 2016
Fenton, Jerry 1969. Understanding the religious background of the Puerto Rican, pp. 1-9
"University of Notre Dame (promotional booklet)" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. 2005..
The Virgin Islands Daily News, August 2, 1960
"Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, Sacred and Profane (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 169-174. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2012-11-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

"bishop/bmendez". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney.
The Mendez consecration

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[1] Archdiocese of Arecibo: "Perfil de la Diócesis: PADRE ALFREDO F. MENDEZ GONZALEZ, C.S.C." retrieved June 9, 2016

[2] Fenton, Jerry 1969. Understanding the religious background of the Puerto Rican, pp. 1-9

[3] "University of Notre Dame (promotional booklet)" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. 2005..

[4] The Virgin Islands Daily News, August 2, 1960

[5] "Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

[6] The Most Reverend Clarence Kelly, Sacred and Profane (Oyster Bay Cove, NY: 1997), 169-174. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2012-11-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)