Bishop Alejo Zavala Castro †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Dec 1941		Born
17 Dec 1966	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México
4 Jan 1992	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México
25 Mar 1992	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero, México
19 Nov 2005	63.8	Appointed	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
14 Feb 2006	64.1	Installed	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
20 Jun 2015	73.4	Resigned	Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México
2 Nov 2025	83.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero, México

MicroData Summary
Alejo Zavala Castro
Bishop Alejo Zavala Castro
(born 31 Dec 1941, died 2 Nov 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Chilpancingo-Chilapa

Ad Limina - September 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Galeana
Ordained Bishop Tlapa, Diocese of Tlapa, Guerrero
Death Place la Salud, Hospital, Morelia, Archdiocese of Morelia, Michoacán

a priest for 58.8 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione †
Titular Archbishop of Lauriacum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Rafael Bello Ruiz †
Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero
Bishop Efrén Ramos Salazar †
Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Guerrero

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. (2007)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2640729

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 19 Nov 2005
i: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,664
r: Bollettino, 20 Jun 2015
d: CB, 2 Nov 2025

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