James Anthony Tamayo
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend James Anthony Tamayo |
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| Bishop of Laredo | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | San Antonio |
| Diocese | Laredo |
| Appointed | July 3, 2000 |
| Installed | August 9, 2000 |
| Predecessor | First Bishop |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 11, 1976 |
| Consecration | March 10, 1993 by Joseph Fiorenza, René Henry Gracida, and Enrique San Pedro |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 23, 1949 Brownsville, Texas |
| Previous post |
Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston Titular Bishop of Ita |
| Motto | TODO CON AMOR |
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Styles of James Anthony Tamayo |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
James Anthony Tamayo (born October 23, 1949) is the current bishop of Laredo, Texas. He was ordained a priest on July 11, 1976 and consecrated bishop on March 10, 1993. He became auxiliary bishop of Galveston-Houston and titular bishop of Ita. On August 9, 2000, he was installed as the bishop of the newly founded Diocese of Laredo in Webb County in South Texas.
Bishop Tamayo is the son of Antonio P. Tamayo (1925-2016), a native of Port Isabel in Cameron County, Texas, and Guadalupe B. Tamayo of Laredo. He has a sister, Mrs. Mercy Barrera of Corpus Christi. He holds a Master in Arts in Theology from the University of St. Thomas and attended St. Mary's Seminary in Houston.
Tamayo is a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. On September 10, 2008, Tamayo called upon the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to halt work-place raids in search of illegal immigrants. "We have respect for our enforcement personnel, but these worksite raids are only pitting human beings against each other. We must abandon the raids."
In March 2015, Tamayo was among eighty religious figures who signed a letter to President Barack H. Obama asking that the government halt the practice of detaining families who have come into the United States illegally. He visited a detention center in Dilley between San Antonio and Laredo and expressed concern for the women being held there, some for a considerable period of time.
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