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James Anthony Tamayo (born October 23, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Laredo in Texas since 2000. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas from 1993 to 2000.
The pope named Auxiliary Bishop James Tamayo of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston as the first bishop of Laredo. [2] In March 2016, Tamayo halted the construction of a Catholic student center at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) in Laredo.
James Anthony Tamayo: Bishop of Laredo (2000–present), former auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston (1993-2000) Diocese of Corpus Christi Diocese of Lubbock: Robert Milner Coerver: Bishop of Lubbock (2016–present) Diocese of Dallas Plácido Rodriguez, CMF
English: Coat of arms of the U.S. bishop James Anthony Tamayo, Bishop of Laredo. By heraldic tradition, the arms of the bishop or "ordinary" of a diocese are joined to the arms of his jurisdiction, seen in the left side of the shield. The Coat of Arms of the Diocese of Laredo captures the rich history of the Church in South Texas.
The bishop is James Anthony Tamayo. As of 2000, the cathedral was the mother church for 289,415 [2] Catholics in the diocese. History. San Agustin Church in 1892.
Raymundo Joseph Peña, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio in 1976 and later Bishop of El Paso and Bishop of Brownsville; James Anthony Tamayo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston in 1993 and later Bishop of Laredo; Daniel Edward Flores, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit in 2006 and later Bishop of Brownsville
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Enrique San Pedro (1986–1991), appointed Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop of Brownsville; Curtis J. Guillory, SVD (1988–2000), appointed Bishop of Beaumont; James Anthony Tamayo (1993–2000), appointed Bishop of Laredo; Vincent M. Rizzotto (2001–2006) Joe S. Vásquez (2002–2010), appointed Bishop of Austin; George Sheltz (2012–2021)