Pope Leo has transferred Auxiliary Bishop Arturo Cepeda to the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO — An auxiliary bishop who once called San Antonio home has been transferred back to the Alamo City by Pope Leo.
On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that Auxiliary Bishop Arturo Cepeda, 56, was transferred to San Antonio from the Detroit Archdiocese to assist Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller and the other auxiliary bishops at the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
“We are deeply grateful to Pope Leo for appointing Bishop Cepeda as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, and we are similarly grateful to Bishop Cepeda for accepting this new ministry,” Archbishop García-Siller said.
Cepeda now joins Michael Boulette and Gary Janak as auxiliary bishops in his hometown’s archdiocese.
“I am Tex-Mex,” Cepeda said in his introduction Tuesday morning, laughing, before asking for prayers as his assignment begins. “Know that I’m home, know that I’m joyful.”


Born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Cepeda moved to San Antonio with his family where he studied at Our Lady of the Lake University.
Cepeda has been serving in the upper Midwest and on numerous committees for the U.S. bishops for the past 14 years, according to the archdiocese. In April 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him to be auxiliary bishop of Detroit and titular bishop of Tagase.
At the time, he was the youngest bishop in the country at 41 years old.
“Proclaiming the good news, that’s our calling. And we’re all called,” he said. “To proclaim the good news begins with a smile.”
Bishop Cepeda will officially be welcomed to the Archdiocese of San Antonio on Oct. 12. He will be greeting the faithful at San Fernando Cathedral, where he once served as parochial vicar, assisting the parish pastor at the time.