Mario Alberto Avilés (born September 16, 1969) is a Mexican-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas since 2017.
[2] On July 21, 1998, Avilés was ordained to the priesthood at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle in San Juan, Texas by Bishop José Raúl Vera López for the Oratorians.
[3] After his 1998 ordination, the Oratorians assigned Avilés as parochial vicar of St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in Pharr.
[1] In addition to his position at Sacred Heart, Avilés in 2005 was appointed director of the Oratory Academy of St. Philip Neri, an elementary and middle school, and the Oratory Athenaeum For University Prep, a high school, both in Pharr.
[3] Pope Francis appointed Avilés as auxiliary bishop of Brownsville on December 4, 2017.