13 Facts About Alexander Salazar

Alejandro Salazar was born on November 28,1949 and is a Costa Rican-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Alexander Salazar served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2004 to 2018.

Alejandro Alexander Salazar was born on November 28,1949, in San Jose, Costa Rica, but moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1953.

Alexander Salazar attended Daniel Murphy High School in Los Angeles, then entered East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, California.

Alexander Salazar then attended California State University, Los Angeles and Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in bilingual studies in 1978.

From 1968 to 1979, Alexander Salazar taught at St Albert the Great School in Compton, California.

In 1977, Alexander Salazar entered St John's Seminary in Camarillo, California.

Alexander Salazar was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Cardinal Timothy Manning on June 16,1984.

In 1995, Alexander Salazar was appointed pastor of St Teresa of Avila Parish in Silverlake, California, assigned there until 2004.

Alexander Salazar served as dean of Deanery 14, and as a member of the Council of Priests, the college of Consultors, the Clergy Pension Board, and the Archdiocesan Personnel Board.

In 2003, Alexander Salazar was named vice-chancellor of the archdiocese and honorary chaplain of his holiness.

Alexander Salazar was consecrated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on November 4,2004, by Cardinal Roger Mahony, with Bishops Gabino Zavala and Gustavo Garcia-Siller serving as co-consecrators.

Alexander Salazar selected as his episcopal motto: "Do What Jesus Tells You".