Overview
- The archbishop’s body is on public view at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tijuana, with a solemn Requiem Mass scheduled for 6 p.m. local time and burial to follow in the Cathedral’s Chapel of the Risen Christ.
- Earlier ceremonies included a first vigil at Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fátima in Tijuana, traditional dance tributes in Rosarito, and funeral honors in Tecate on Wednesday.
- Honor guards are being led by relatives, priests, and civil officials, and members of the public have been invited to accompany the rites.
- Moreno Barrón, 71, had contended with lung cancer since about 2022, experienced a recent relapse, entered palliative care, and then died this week.
- Appointed Metropolitan Archbishop by Pope Francis in 2016, he is succeeded within the archdiocese by auxiliary bishop Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano, who was named to his role in September 2024.