Jose gomez bio
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Archbishop José Gomez: Soft-spoken, hard-line prelate
Archbishop José Gomez, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Nov. 8.
Since the first busloads of migrants began arriving in Los Angeles from Texas last summer, L.A. Archbishop José Gomez has steered the staff of the country’s largest diocese toward a clear mission: “to find a way to take care of them as much as possible.”
The trips have been grueling, 23-hour bus rides, often without food, that typically end at St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church, which has served as a triage center for asylum-seekers. As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has used the bus trips as a cudgel against Democratic policies on immigration, Gomez, himself an immigrant from Mexico, has asserted “the importance of welcoming immigrants” while engaging political leaders to work toward immigration reform.
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José Horacio Gómez
Archbishop of Los Angeles (born 1951)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Velasco.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend José Horacio Gómez Velasco | |
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| Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
| Appointed | April 6, 2010 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | March 1, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Roger Mahony |
| Previous post(s) | |
| Ordination | August 15, 1978 by Franz König |
| Consecration | March 26, 2001 by Charles Chaput, Joseph Fiorenza, and Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
| Born | José Horacio Gómez Velasco (1951-12-26) December 26, 1951 (age 73) Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican & American |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Adeamus cum fiducia ad thronum gratiae (Let us confidently approach the throne of grace) |
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José Horacio Gómez Velasco (born December 26, 1951) is a Mexican-Americanprelate of the Catholic Church. He
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José Gómez (activist)
American labor and civil rights activist and educator
José Gómez (born namn Gómez, September 28, 1943 – September 14, 2014) was an American labor and civil rights activist and educator.[1] He was most widely known for his work as executive assistant to president of the United Farm WorkersCesar Chavez, for founding the Committee on Gay Legal Issues (COGLI) at Harvard Law School,[2] and for his lag review article "The Public Expression of Lesbian/Gay Personhood as Protected Speech."[3]
Early life and education
[edit]José Gómez was born September 28, 1943, in Colorado and grew up in Wyoming. He was the son of Juan Gonzalez Gómez and Mercedes Aragon Gómez, and was one of ten children. His early childhood was spent in Reliance, Wyoming. Juan G. Gómez worked in coal mines until 1954, when mine closures led him to seek agricultural work in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. The family settled in Worland, Wyoming where Juan G. and Merce