José Horacio Gómez
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend José Horacio Gómez |
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| Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
| Appointed | April 6, 2010 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | March 1, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Roger Mahony |
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| Ordination | August 15, 1978 by Franz Konig |
| Consecration | March 26, 2001 by Charles Chaput, Joseph Fiorenza, and Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
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December 26, 1951 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
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ADEAMUS CUM FIDUCIA AD THRONUM GRATIAE (LET US CONFIDENTLY APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE) |
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Styles of José Horacio Gómez |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Franz König |
| Date of ordination | August 15, 1978 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Charles J. Chaput |
| Co-consecrator | Joseph Fiorenza |
| Co-consecrator | Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
| Date of consecration | March 26, 2001 |
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Bishops consecrated by José Horacio Gómez as principal consecrator
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| Kevin William Vann | July 13, 2005 |
| Oscar Cantú | June 2, 2008 |
| Robert Barron | September 8, 2015 |
| Joseph Vincent Brennan | September 8, 2015 |
| David G. O'Connell | September 8, 2015 |
José Horacio Gómez (Latin: Iosephus Horatio Gómez; born December 26, 1951) is a Mexican-born prelate of the Catholic Church (Roman Rite) in the United States. He has been the Archbishop of Los Angeles since March 1, 2011. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver from 2001–2004 and as Archbishop of San Antonio from 2004–2010.
Since November 15, 2016, Gomez serves as Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is the first person of Latino descent to hold this position.
His episcopal motto is "Adeamus cum fiducia ad thronum gratiae", meaning "Let us confidently approach the throne of grace" (Hebrews 4:16).
Gómez was born in Monterrey, Mexico, to José H. Gómez and Esperanza Velasco. One of five children, he has three older sisters and one younger sister. He attended the Monterrey Institute of Technology before entering the National University of Mexico where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1975. While attending college, he joined Opus Dei, a Catholic organization founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá which teaches people to seek holiness in their ordinary activities.
Gómez studied at the Rome campus of the University of Navarre, earning his B.A. in Theology in 1978.
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