Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Díaz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Jan 1951		Born
31 May 1975	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
10 Jun 1995	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
10 Jun 1995	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
25 Jul 1995	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fesseë
16 Jun 2001	50.3	Appointed	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
31 Jan 2026	75.0	Retired	Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
2 Feb 2026	75.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México

MicroData Summary
Miguel Angel Alba Díaz
Bishop Miguel Angel Alba Díaz
(born 23 Jan 1951, died 2 Feb 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

Ad Limina - September 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Monterrey, Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Ordained Bishop Auditorium Guelaguetza, Oaxaca, Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Death Place La Paz, Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

a priest for 50.6 years
a bishop for 30.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Adolfo Antonio Cardinal Suárez Rivera †
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Héctor González Martínez
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera †
Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Adolfo Antonio Cardinal Suárez Rivera † (1971)
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Archbishop Carlo Martini † (1961)
Titular Archbishop of Abari
Archbishop Antonio Samorè † (1950)
Titular Archbishop of Ternobus
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Miguel Ángel Espinoza Garza (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Gustavo Rodriguez Vega (2001)
Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2009)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Monterrey, Archdiocese of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Ordained Bishop	Auditorium Guelaguetza, Oaxaca, Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca
Death Place	La Paz, Diocese of La Paz en la Baja California Sur

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q555852

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 142, Number 12,576
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 193, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 31 Jan 2026
d: CB, 2 Feb 2026

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