SAN ANTONIO – The Archdiocese of San Antonio announced the transfer of a new auxiliary bishop to the administration, and he is a native of the Alamo City.
Auxiliary Bishop Jose Arturo Cepeda returned after serving with the City of Detroit’s archdiocese since 2011.
Pope Leo XIV announced the transfer on Tuesday morning, according to a news release.
Leo, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Chruch, assumed the top position at the Catholic Church earlier this year after the passing of Pope Francis.
“We are deeply grateful to the holy father for appointing Bishop Cepeda to us, and we are similarly grateful to Bishop Cepeda for accepting this new ministry,” Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller said during a Tuesday press conference.
Cepeda, 56, will assist García-Siller, Auxiliary Bishop Michael Boulette and Auxiliary Bishop Gary Janak with administration efforts.
Cepeda will continue his ministry work in San Antonio, a spokesperson for the archdiocese said.
“With a grateful and eager heart, I give thanks to God, to Pope Leo XIV, and to Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller for calling me to continue my ministry as a joyful disciple of the Gospel here in my home, San Antonio,” Cepeda said.
He was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on May 15, 1969. He immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of 19.
Cepeda was ordained as a priest on June 1, 1996, at his home parish of St. Mary Magdalen by Archbishop Patricio Flores.
When ordained in Detroit in 2011, Cepeda, at age 41, was the youngest bishop serving in the United States, the release said.
The Archdiocese of San Antonio makes up 23,000 square miles and serves a population of more than 1.1 million Catholics.
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