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Oscar Cantú
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Oscar Cantú is bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces and chair of the Committee on International Justice and Peace within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He was ordained a priest in 1994 and spent his priestly career working in parishes throughout the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. Cantú was appointed titular bishop of Dardano and auxiliary bishop of San Antonio in 2008; he was appointed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces in 2013. Cantú holds a B.A. from the University of Dallas, M.Div. and MTS from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and licentiate in sacred theology and doctorate in sacred theology from Pontifical Gregorian University.
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