Plácido Rodriguez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Plácido Rodriguez

auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, titular Bishop of Fuerteventura, Bishop of Lubbock

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1940

Place of Birth: Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico

Profession: Catholic priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Plácido Rodríguez C.M.F.
(born October 11, 1940) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church and the retired bishop of Lubbock.
Rodríguez was born in Celaya, Mexico to Eutimio and Maria Conception.
He was the 11th born out of 14 children; his family emigrated to Chicago in 1953, when he was twelve years old.
He was ordained a Claretian priest on May 23, 1968.
Rodríguez was appointed both auxiliary bishop of Chicago and titular bishop of Fuerteventura on October 18, 1983 and was consecrated on December 13, 1983.
He was installed as bishop of Lubbock on June 1, 1994.