Manuel Castro Ruiz

Background

Castro Ruiz, Manuel was born on November 9, 1918 in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Son of Pastor Castro Tinoco and Mercedes Ruiz Ramirez. Brother Miguel Castro Ruiz was Subdirector of El Universal.

Education

Studies at the Seminary of Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán. Advanced studies at the Pontifical Pio Latin American College, Rome, and at the Palafoxian Seminary, Puebla. Ordained June 19, 1943.

Career

Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yuctán, July 21, 1965, to Fernando Ruiz Solórzano. Appointed Archbishop of Yuctán, September 20, since 1969.

Achievements

• Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1943.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Connections

Father:

Pastor Castro Tinoco

Mother:

Mercedes Ruiz Ramirez