Alba Sally Sue Hernandez
Mexican Anglican bishop (born 1977)
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Alba Sally Sue Hernández García (born June 23, 1977) is a Mexican Anglican bishop. Since 2026, she has been primate and archbishop of the Anglican Church of Mexico, and since 2022, she has been bishop of the Diocese of Mexico.[b] She is the first woman to be elected bishop within the Anglican Church of Mexico.[5][6][7]
Alba Sally Sue Hernández García | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Mexico[a] | |
Bishop Sally Sue Hernández | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Mexico |
| Diocese | Mexico |
| In office | 2026–present |
| Predecessor | Enrique Treviño Cruz |
| Other post | Bishop of Mexico (2022–present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 3, 2006 (diaconate) April 28, 2007 (priesthood) |
| Consecration | January 29, 2022 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1977 |
| Education | Seminary of San Andrés Ripon College |
Early life and education
Hernández was born in 1977 in Mexico City. She received a license in theology from the Seminary of San Andrés in Mexico City and at continued studies at Ripon College.[8]
Ordained ministry
She was ordained as a deacon in 2006, and as a priest in 2007. She served as pastoral officer for diocesan youth and pastoral care for women, chaplain at the Seminary of San Andrés and as dean of the Diocese of Mexico's Cathedral of San José de Gracia.[4]
Hernández was elected bishop of Mexico in 2021 and consecrated on January 29, 2022. In January 2024, she took part in a "Growing Together" ecumenical summit that took place in Rome and Canterbury as a part of the Week for Prayer for Christian Unity. Archbishop Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto the primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil and Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Amazon also took part in the meeting where the two women bishops from Latin America were among 27 pairs of bishops blessed by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.[9] She has also taken part in the Theological Commission for the Anglican Communion and represented Mexican Anglicanism on the International Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission.[8]
In March 2026, an extraordinary general synod of the Anglican Church of Mexico elected her as archbishop to succeed Enrique Treviño Cruz. However, due to a longstanding dispute among bishops in the church stemming from a contested episcopal election in Northern Mexico in 2022, two of five diocesan bishops did not attend and did not recognize Hernández as the rightful archbishop.[2][1] Hernández's election as archbishop was recognized by the Anglican Communion Office and she was invited to attend the installation service for Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury on March 25, 2026, during which Hernández read the Gospel lesson.[10][8]