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Bishop Eusebio Elizondo

Jack & Karen Baker

Fr. Eusebio Elizondo was one of the first bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI and was ordained Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Seattle on June 6, 2005.

Fr. Eusebio Elizondo

Fr. Eusebio Elizondo was born in Victoria, Mexico in 1954 and ordained a priest of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit in 1984. Fr. Eusebio received a canon law degree from the Gregorian University in Rome. Fr. Eusebio made his Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend in 1989 and served in leadership in Section 14 before he was transferred to be the pastor of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, a parish in Bothell, Washington (north of Seattle) in August of 2000. While living in Seattle, Fr. Eusebio continued to serve WWME on the Community Pillar Staff of the National Secretariat and was a great assistance in reviewing the Spanish translations of the WWME calendars in 2002 and 2003.

Auxiliary Bishop Eusebio Elizondo

Read a complete biography of Fr. Eusebio here:
www.seattlearch.org/FormationAndEducation/Progress/052005/New+Bishops-Elect+5-19-05.htm

The announcement of the appointment:
www.seattlearch.org/ArchdioceseWorking/Press/auxiliarybishops5-12-05.htm

Article on the ordination Mass:
www.seattlearch.org/FormationAndEducation/Progress/Two+New+Shepards++++Ordained+6-9-05.htm

Archbishop Alex J. Brunett’s homily:
www.seattlearch.org/ArchdioceseWorking/Brunett/ordhomily.htm

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