Bishop Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano

Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

Titular Bishop of Gegi

Apostolic Administrator of Tijuana, Baja California Norte

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jan 1971		Born
12 Aug 2002	31.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
12 Jul 2003	32.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
19 Sep 2024	53.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México
19 Sep 2024	53.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gegi
29 Nov 2024	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gegi
4 Nov 2025	54.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Tijuana, Baja California Norte, México

MicroData Summary
Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano
Bishop Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano
(born 19 Jan 1971)
Auxiliary Bishop of Tijuana

Event Place
Birth Place Pénjamo, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán
Ordained Bishop Near, Santa Maria de Guadalupe, Cathedral, Tijuana, Archdiocese of Tijuana, Baja California Norte

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Tijuana.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón †
Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Spiteri
Titular Archbishop of Serta
Robert Walter Cardinal McElroy
Bishop of San Diego, California

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barrón † (2002)
Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte
Archbishop Alberto Suárez Inda (1985)
Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione † (1968)
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q130323675

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Sep 2024
od/ob: CB, 19 Sep 2024
c2+: CB, 29 Nov 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 262, Number 21,627
aadm: CB, 4 Nov 2025

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