The Right Reverend Sergio Carranza
Bishop Assistant
Extension 242
sergiocarranza@ladiocese.org

The Rt. Rev. Sergio Carranza-Gomez, former Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Mexico, has served since 2003 as Bishop Assistant of the Diocese of Los Angeles. A graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, Bishop Carranza shares with Bishop Diocesan J. Jon Bruno, Bishop Suffragan Chester Talton, and Bishop Assistant Robert Anderson in the rota of visits to the parishes and missions of the diocese, and takes an active part in pastoral and administrative duties.

Born in Mexico City in 1941, Bishop Carranza was ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Mexico after serving 16 years as rector of St. George's Church (la Parroquia de San Jorge) in Mexico City. He was previously vicar of Holy Family Church (La Sagrada Familia) in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and rector of St. Andrew's Seminary (Seminario de San Andres) from 1970 to 1973. He was a professor at the Seminary for 17 years.

From 1968 to 1987, Carranza was first chancellor and then secretary general of the Ninth Province of the Episcopal Church (a region spanning Mexico, northern South America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean). Thereafter, the Anglican Church in Mexico became an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, dividing in 1995 from the Episcopal Church in the United States.

During his episcopate, Bishop Carranza has been a respected member of the U. S. House of Bishops and the Mexican College of Bishops, and a key participant in the 1998 Lambeth Conference. He holds an honorary doctorate from the Virginia Theological Seminary.