José Ulises Macías Salcedo[1] (29 October 1940 – 22 April 2026) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Mexicali (1984–1996) and archbishop of Hermosillo (1996–2016).
Biography
Macías Salcedo was born in León, Guanajuato, on 29 October 1940.
He studied humanities in the Seminary of his native city, and studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where later received a Licentiate in Philosophy.
Macías Salcedo was then ordained a priest in León on 10 April 1966.
Named bishop for the Diocese of Mexicali by Pope John Paul II, on 16 June 1984, and consecrated on 29 July, in the city of Mexicali, presided over by Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Girolamo Prigione.
Pope John Paul II named him the third Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo on 19 August 1996, and he took possession on 29 October of the same year.
Macías Salcedo retired in 2016, and died on 22 April 2026, at the age of 85.[2]
References
- 1.In this Mexican name, the surname is Macías and the second or maternal family name is Salcedo.
- 2.Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo †