EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Delegation of Bishops from the Texas-Mexico border met Friday Feb. 27, 2026. This meeting is now the longest-running international gathering of Catholic Bishops anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n
The delegation alternates gatherings bi-annually between the U.S. and Mexico over the last 40 years.<\/p>\n
Immigration was the most important topic of this year’s meeting, as bishops discussed the changing landscape and the effects it has on both the U.S. and Mexico.<\/p>\n
The press conference will also focus on discussions of relations between bishops of Canada (CCCB), the U.S. (USCCB) and Latin America (CELAM) and their mission to create a united and synodal church is the Americas. <\/p>\n
The bishops discussed that they as a church must speak with one voice on the interconnectedness of issues affecting the entire American Continent. <\/p>\n
They also addressed the ongoing violence in Mexico after the killing of Rub\u00e9n Oseguera Cervantes, \u201cEl Mencho,\u201d along with the need for pastoral response to affected communities.<\/p>\n
The list of Bishops and delegates that spoke at the conference:<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia- Siller M. Sp.S – Archbishop of San Antonio
and Coordinator of the Tex-Mex Bishops<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Brendan Cahill – Bishop of Victoria, Texas and USCCB Chair
of the committee on migration and refugeesUSCCB<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz – Bishop of El Paso<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Alonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola – Bishop of Piedras
Negras, M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n
Rev. Francisco Gallardo – Diocese of Matamoros Reynosa and the
executive secretary of the Mexican Bishops\u2019 Committee on Migration<\/p>\n
The Delegates in Attendance:<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller M. Sp.S – Archbishop of San Antonio and Coordinator of the Tex-Mex Bishops<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Arturo Cepeda – Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz – Bishop of El Paso<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Anthony C. Celino – Auxiliary Bishop of El Paso<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Michael Sis – Bishop of San Angelo<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Daniel Flores – Bishop of Brownsville<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos – Bishop of Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Hilario Gonzalez Garcia – Bishop of Saltillo, Mexico<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Alonso Gerardo Garza Trevino – Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Mario Aviles – Bishop of Corpus Christi<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Luis C. Lerma Martinez – Bishop of Nuevo Laredo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Delegation of Bishops from the Texas-Mexico border met Friday Feb. 27, 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-183695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}