Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco

Most Reverend

Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco
Bishop Emeritus of Iztapalapa
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMexico
DioceseIztapalapa
Appointed28 September 2019
Retired14 August 2021
PredecessorNew Creation
SuccessorJorge Cuapio Bautista
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Aulon and Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico (2009–2019)
Orders
Ordination24 December 1971 (Priest)
by Cardinal Adolfo Suárez Rivera
Consecration10 July 2009 (Bishop)
by Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera
Personal details
Born
Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco

(1945-07-04)4 July 1945
Xalisco, Nayarit, Mexico
Died10 March 2025(2025-03-10) (aged 79)
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
MottoDei populo servire
Coat of arms
Styles of
Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco (4 July 1945 – 10 March 2025) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate.

Biography

Lerma Nolasco after graduating studies at the Montezuma Theological Seminary in Montezuma, the United States, during 1963–1971, he was ordained priest on 24 December 1971 by Cardinal Adolfo Suárez Rivera at the Tepic Cathedral.[1][2] After his ordination, he worked in the various positions in his native Diocese of Tepic since 1972 until 2009.[1]

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on 7 May 2009 as a titular bishop of Aulon and an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. Archbishop of Mexico, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, consecrated him on 10 July of the same year in the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.[2]

On 28 September 2019, Lerma Nolasco was transferred as the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Iztapalapa, where he served until his retirement on 14 August 2021, because of the age limit.[2]

Lerma Nolasco died in Tepic on 10 March 2025, at the age of 79.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hasta siempre, monseñor Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco (1945-2025)
  2. ^ a b c "Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 March 2025.