Bishop of Monterey in California
Bishop Ramon Bejarano was born on 17 July 1969 in Laredo, Texas. He carried out his ecclesiastical studies at the Seminario Diocesano de Tijuana, Mexico, and at Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. He was ordained a priest on 15 August 1998 for the diocese of Stockton. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint George in Stockton (1998-2003) and of Sacred Heart in Turlock (2004-2006), and parish priest of Holy Family in Modesto (2006-2008) and Saint Stanislaus in Modesto (2008). He has served as a member of the Presbyteral Council and the College of Consultors. He was appointed as titular bishop of Carpi and auxiliary of San Diego on 27 February 2020, receiving episcopal consecration the following 14 July.