Arturo Cepeda


José Arturo Cepeda
Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseSan Antonio
AppointedAugust 26, 2025
InstalledOctober 12, 2025
Other postTitular Bishop of Tagase
Previous post
Orders
OrdinationJune 1, 1996
by Patrick Flores
ConsecrationMay 5, 2011
by Allen Henry Vigneron, John Clayton Nienstedt, and John M. Quinn
Personal details
Born (1969-05-15) May 15, 1969
NationalityAmerican
EducationSeminario Guadalupano Josefino
Our Lady of the Lake University
Assumption Seminary
St. Mary’s University
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
MottoAudiendum, fiendum, nuntiandum
(Hearing, becoming, proclaiming)
Styles of
José Arturo Cepeda
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop
Ordination history of
Arturo Cepeda
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byAllen Henry Vigneron
DateMay 5, 2011

José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo (born May 15, 1969), known as Arturo Cepeda, is a Mexican-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio since 2025. He worked as a priest in San Antonio from 1996 to 2011 and then as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 2011 to 2025.