Pedro Pablo Elizondo
Pedro Pablo Elizondo | |
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| Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal | |
| Native name | Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas |
| Archdiocese | Yucatán |
| Diocese | Cancún-Chetumal |
| Appointed | 22 November 2004 |
| Term ended | 6 December 2025 |
| Predecessor | Jorge Bernal Vargas |
| Successor | Salvador González Morales |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 December 1982 |
| Consecration | 22 November 2004 by Giuseppe Bertello, Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán, Jorge Bernal Vargas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1949 San José de Gracia, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Died | 22 January 2026 (aged 76) Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
| Motto | Si me amas apacienta ("If you love me, be my shepherd") |
| Coat of arms | |
| Styles of Pedro Pablo Elizondo | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas L.C. (4 September 1949 – 22 January 2026) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. He was Bishop of Cancún-Chetumal from 2004 to 2025.
Biography
Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas was born on 4 September 1949 in San José de Gracia, Michoacán, Mexico. He entered the Legionaries of Christ novitiate in 1966 and professed his perpetual vows in 1974. He completed his theological and philosophical studies in Rome, where he earned degrees at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. In 1982, he was ordained a priest in Rome.[1]
In 2004, Elizondo was appointed as a territorial prelate of Cancún and Chetumal by Pope John Paul II and was consecrated as a bishop.
In 2020, Pope Francis elevated the prelature to the status of a diocese and Elizondo became its first diocesan bishop.[2]
Elizondo died from a sudden heart attack in Mérida, on 22 January 2026, at the age of 76.[3]
References
- ^ "Luto por deceso de Monseñor Pedro Pablo" (in Spanish). El Despertador. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "20 years as bishop of Monsignor Pedro Pablo Elizondo, L.C." Legionaries of Christ. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ Lutto nell’episcopato (in Italian)