Bishop James Anthony Tamayo

Bishop Emeritus of Laredo, Texas, USA

Motto: Todo Con Amor

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1949		Born
2 Apr 1975	25.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
11 Jun 1976	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
26 Jan 1993	43.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
26 Jan 1993	43.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Ita
10 Mar 1993	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Ita
3 Jul 2000	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA
9 Aug 2000	50.7	Installed	Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA
1 May 2026	76.5	Retired	Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary
James Anthony Tamayo
Bishop James Anthony Tamayo
(born 23 Oct 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Laredo

Event Place
Birth Place Brownsville, Diocese of Brownsville, Texas
Ordained Deacon Christ the King, Church, Corpus Christi, Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Priest Corpus Christi, Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Bishop Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Diocese of Galveston-Houston, Texas

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Laredo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Thomas Joseph Drury †
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Joseph Drury †
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza †
Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop René Henry Gracida †
Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas
Bishop Enrique San Pedro, S.J. †
Bishop of Brownsville, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † (1979)
Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores † (1970)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Oscar Cantú (1993)
Bishop Michael Fors Olson (1993)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1445109

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Number 12,008
r: Bollettino, 1 May 2026

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