Armando Xavier Ochoa

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Armando Xavier Ochoa, D.D. [1] (born April 3, 1943) [2] is the Bishop of Fresno and was formerly the fifth [3][4] Bishop of El Paso. Ochoa is an advocate of diocesan foster care programs and responsible water use.[5]

Early life

Armando Ochoa grew up in Oxnard, California [6] and was educated at institutions such as Ventura College and St. John's Seminary.[7] He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1970. Ochoa served at three parishes in Los Angeles before becoming an administrator of Sacred Heart Parish in Lincoln Heights, CA in 1984.[8]

Episcopal appointments

Ochoa was named titular bishop of Sitifis[9][10] as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II during late December 1986.[11] He was consecrated on February 23, 1987 by Cardinal Roger Mahony. While as an auxiliary bishop, Ochoa was the principal co-consecrator of Bishops Joseph Martin Sartoris, Thomas John Curry and Gabino Zavala.

On April 1, 1996, Ochoa was appointed as the bishop of the Diocese of El Paso and installed on June 26 of the same year. During the eleven-year span between 1999 and 2009, there were only two ordinations to the priesthood in the Diocese of El Paso.[citation needed]

On December 1, 2011 the Pope appointed Ochoa as the bishop of the Diocese of Fresno, California, succeeding the late Bishop John Steinbock, who had died of lung cancer in December 2010 (the Fresno Diocese has an area of 91,268; a total population of 2,778,000; a Catholic population of 1,084,000; 166 priests; 46 permanent deacons; and 152 religious).

Positions

Ochoa considers the ordination of woman priests to be a moot point due to papal opposition; he believes that homosexuals should remain celibate in accordance with Church doctrine requiring all unmarried people to remain celibate; he believes that the priest shortage will be solved through faith rather than through allowing a married priesthood; and fears that teaching children about condoms in a school setting would send a "mixed message" regarding pre-marital sex.[12]

References

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Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of El Paso
1996–2011		 Succeeded by
Mark J. Seitz[14]


  1. ↑ Communications (JPIC Animators Meet, Worship at Mexico Border) Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  2. ↑ Bishops of Texas Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  3. ↑ Bishops of the Diocese of El Paso Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  4. ↑ Diocese of El Paso Dioecesis Elpasensis Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  5. ↑ Bishops of Texas Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  6. ↑ Official of L.A. Diocese Named Bishop of El Paso Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  7. ↑ 2002 Catholic Almanac p. 430
  8. ↑ Official of L.A. Diocese Named Bishop of El Paso Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  9. ↑ Bishops of Texas Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  10. ↑ Bishop Armando Xavier Ochoa Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  11. ↑ POPE NAMES CALIFORNIA BISHOP Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  12. ↑ Los Angeles Times: "Bishop Moves With Deliberation in Taking Over San Fernando Region by IRA RIFKIN January 14, 1988
  13. ↑ Diocese of El Paso Dioecesis Elpasensis Retrieved: 2010-03-18.
  14. ↑ http://www.elpasodiocese.org/latest-news/565-bishop-mark-j-seitz
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