Background
Posadas Ocampo, Juan Jesús was born on November 10, 1926 in Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Ordained a priest September 23
Posadas Ocampo, Juan Jesús was born on November 10, 1926 in Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Early education unknown. Studies at the Seminary of Morelia. Professor of Latin, Philosophy and Theology, Seminary of Morelia.
Vice-Rector of the Higher Seminary of Morelia. Canon, Seminary of Morelia.
Ordained a priest, September 23, 1950. Vicar of the Parish of Pátzcuaro. Bishop of Tijuana, 1970-1982.
President of the Episcopal Commission on Migration and Tourism, 1977-1979. Bishop of Cuernavaca, 1982-1987. President of the Episcopal Commission for Religious Doctrine, 1980-1988.
Archbishop of Guadalajara, since 1987.
Roman Catholic