Bishop José Leopoldo González González

José Leopoldo González González was born in Canades, in the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, on February 7, 1955. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Guadalajara on May 27, 1984. He obtained a Licentiate in Moral Theology. He has held the following positions: pastoral service in parishes and in the fields of university and seminary education; official at the then-Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome (1993–2000); and Executive Secretary of the Doctrinal Commission of the Mexican Episcopal Conference. On November 15, 2005, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Tuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, receiving episcopal ordination on the following January 25. Within the Episcopal Conference, he was elected Secretary General for the 2006–2009 term and served as President of the Commission for Social Pastoral Care for two terms (2012–2018). From 2009 to 2011, he served as Secretary General of CELAM. On March 19, 2015, he was appointed the first Bishop of the Diocese of Nogales.