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Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Gilbert Espinosa Chávez, (March 10, 1932 – March 15, 2020) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego.

Biography

Gilbert Chávez was born in Ontario, California. He studied at Immaculate Heart Seminary in San Diego and was ordained a priest of the San Diego diocese on March 19, 1960.

Chávez was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego and titular bishop of Magarmel on April 9, 1974, by Pope Paul VI. He was consecrated on June 21, 1974. He was the second Mexican-American priest to be elevated to the rank of bishop in the US Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict XVI accepted Chávez's resignation on June 1, 2007.

Chávez died on March 15, 2020, at Nazareth House in San Diego.

References

1. "Pope Benedict Accepts San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Chávez Resignation". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Archived from the original on 1 August 2011.
2. "Diocesan History". Diocese of San Diego. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
3. "Bishop Gilbert Espinosa Chávez". Retrieved 23 December 2012.
4. "Auxiliary Bishop Gilberto E. Chávez – The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego". Archived from the original on 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2020-03-17.

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Bishops	Ordinaries Charles Francis Buddy Francis James Furey Leo Thomas Maher Robert Henry Brom Cirilo Flores Robert W. McElroy Coadjutor bishops Cirilo Flores Auxiliary bishops Richard Henry Ackerman John R. Quinn Gilbert Espinosa Chávez Salvatore Cordileone John P. Dolan Ramon Bejarano Michael Pham Felipe Pulido
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