Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong

Mexican archbishop (born 1958)

Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla (2009–12)
Bishop of Papantla (2012–13)

Alma materPontifical Gregorian UniversityMottoFiat voluntas tua

Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (born 3 January 1958) is a Mexican archbishop who worked in the Roman Curia as Secretary for Seminaries of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2013 to 2021, when he was appointed Archbishop of Xalapa. He has been a bishop since 2009.

Biography

Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong was born in Mérida, Yucatán, on 3 January 1958.^[1] His maternal grandfather had emigrated to Mexico from China.^[2] He was ordained a priest by Manuel Castro Ruiz on 12 January 1988 for the Archdiocese of Yucatán.^[3] On 15 October 2009 he was appointed the coadjutor bishop of Papantla,^[1] and he was ordained a bishop on 15 December of that year by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico.^[4] He succeeded Lorenzo Cárdenas Aregullín as bishop of the diocese on 2 May 2012.^[5]

Pope Francis appointed him secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy on 21 September 2013 and made him a titular archbishop.^[6] He joked that his "Chinese features and Chinese blood" eased his communication with Asians in Rome.^[2] On 9 November 2013 he was made a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education, on 29 July 2014 a consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and on 15 September 2015 a councilor of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.^[7]

On 8 December 2021, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Xalapa.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e Nomine, 15.10.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). 15 October 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Arocho Esteves, Junno (4 February 2016). "Priestly formation: From ordaining priests to making apostles". The Catholic Telegraph. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "Excmo. Sr. Obispo Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong" (in Spanish). Diócesis de Papantla. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ "Ordenación episcopal de Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong". Revista Yucatán (in Spanish). 16 December 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 02.05.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). 2 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 21.06.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Rinunce e nomine, 08.12.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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