José Horacio Gómez Velasco (born December 26, 1951) is a Mexican American Catholic prelate serving as the fifth Archbishop of Los Angeles in California since 2011. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado from 2001 to 2004 and as Archbishop of San Antonio in Texas from 2004 to 2010.
Gómez was vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from November 15, 2016, until his election as president on November 12, 2019. He was the first person of Hispanic descent to hold each of those positions. His three-year presidential term ended on November 15, 2022, with the election of Archbishop Timothy Broglio.
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