Jos Horacio Gmez, former archbishop of San Antonio, became the Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, while Armando Xavier Ochoa, former bishop of El Paso, became the Bishop of Fresno, California.
He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver from 20012004 and as Archbishop of San Antonio from 20042010. He became the fifth Archbishop of Los Angeles in 2011. He was formerly the Bishop of El Paso from 1996 to 2011. Fresno December 1, 2011 
