Gabino Zavala
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gabino Zavala |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles Titular Bishop of Tamascani |
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| Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
| Appointed | February 8, 1994 |
| Installed | March 19, 1994 |
| Term ended | January 4, 2012 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Tamascani |
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| Ordination | May 28, 1977 by Timothy Manning |
| Consecration | March 19, 1994 by Roger Mahony, John Ward, and Armando Xavier Ochoa |
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| Born |
September 7, 1951 Tijuana, Mexico |
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Styles of Gabino Zavala |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Gabino Zavala (born September 7, 1951, Tijuana, Mexico) is a former auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Born in Mexico, Bishop Zavala grew up in Los Angeles. He studied at St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo, California. Additionally, he earned a licentiate in canon law from Catholic University in Washington, DC. He was ordained a priest on May 28, 1977. As a priest, he served as an associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in East Los Angeles, associate director of the marriage tribunal for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, professor of canon law and the rector of St. John's Seminary.
Zavala was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on February 8, 1994 and received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Roger Mahony on March 19 of that year. He served as the auxiliary bishop and episcopal vicar of the San Gabriel Pastoral Region until his retirement. Bishop Zavala promoted restorative justice, opposed the death penalty, supported young people, and was a long-time supporter of immigration reform,. Although he was sometimes considered orthodox in his beliefs, he had a long history of supporting controversial positions on homosexuality.
Zavala was involved with a number of organizations: he was the bishop president of the U.S. section of Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace movement; the Co-President of Interfaith Worker Justice, an organization committed to educating, mobilizing, and organizing the religious community to advocate for better wages and working conditions for low-wage workers; and served as the Episcopal advisor to the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC). Also, he was an adjunct professor of Canon Law and Pastoral Theology in the graduate programs of Theology and Pastoral Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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