Biographies of the Bishops
Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan,
Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Ordained a priest on July 12, 1964.
Consecrated and installed as First Bishop of Lubbock on June 17, 1983.
Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe on April 6, 1993.
Installed as Eleventh Archbishop of Santa Fe on September 21, 1993.
Bishop Ricardo Ramirez,
Diocese of Las Cruces
Ordained a priest on December 10, 1966.
Appointed Bishop of San Antonio and Titular Bishop of Vatarba by Pope John Paul II on October 27, 1981.
Named the first Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico on August 17, 1982, being formally installed as such on the following October 18.
Bishop James S. Wall,
Diocese of Gallup
Ordained a priest on June 6, 1998.Appointed Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico on February 5, 2009.
Ordained Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico on April 23, 2009.