José Fernández Arteaga

Mexican Roman Catholic Archbishop (1933–2021)

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José Fernández Arteaga
Archbishop of Chihuahua

Church	Catholic Church
Installed	1991
Term ended	2009
Predecessor	Adalberto Almeida y Merino
Successor	Constancio Miranda Weckmann
Orders
Ordination	29 October 1988 by Edwin Byrne^[1]
Consecration	27 May 2016 by Mario Pio Gaspari^[1]
Personal details
Born	(1933-09-12)12 September 1933 Santa Inés, Michoacán, Mexico
Died	17 December 2021(2021-12-17) (aged 88) Tocumbo, Michoacán, Mexico
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Apatzingán (1974–1980) Bishop of Colima (1980–1988) Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua (1988–1991)

José Fernández Arteaga (12 September 1933 – 17 December 2021) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Chihuahua. He previously served as the bishop of Apatzingán from 1974 to 1980 and Colima from 1980 to 1988.