1. Alphonse Gallegos, OAR, was an American Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento from 1981 until his death in 1991.
16 Facts About Alphonse Gallegos
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Alphonse Gallegos had a twin brother, Eloy, grew up in Watts, attended Manual Arts High School and received confirmation from then auxiliary bishop Timothy Manning.
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Alphonse Gallegos attended Rockhurst University in Kansas City, graduated from St Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York, St John's University in New York and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
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Alphonse Gallegos entered the Order of Augustinian Recollects as a novice in 1950.
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Alphonse Gallegos was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the Augustinian Recollects on May 24,1958.
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Alphonse Gallegos spent eight years at Tagaste serving as chaplain at neighboring hospitals and religious communities and served in various capacities in his order's houses of formation.
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Alphonse Gallegos was an advisor to Los Angeles Cardinal Timothy Manning on Hispanic affairs and helped set up a training program for the archdiocese's Hispanic permanent diaconate.
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Alphonse Gallegos was transferred to the Diocese of Sacramento where Gallegos served from 1979 to 1981 as the first director of the Division of Hispanic Affairs of the California Catholic Conference.
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Alphonse Gallegos was consecrated bishop on November 4,1981, by Bishop Francis Quinn.
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On October 6,1991, Alphonse Gallegos died when he was struck by a driver while returning to Sacramento from Gridley, California.
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Alphonse Gallegos was considered an unofficial chaplain to lowriders and migrant workers.
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In 2005, after eleven months of scrutiny, the cause for Alphonse Gallegos' beatification was opened by Bishop William Weigand.
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Alphonse Gallegos was declared a Servant of God on June 5,2006.
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On March 24,2010, Alphonse Gallegos's body was exhumed and transferred to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament as part of his cause towards sainthood.
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On July 8,2016, Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Servant of God Alphonse Gallegos and naming him Venerable.
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In 1997, a statue of Bishop Alphonse Gallegos was unveiled in Alphonse Gallegos Square next to the cathedral.