Join Us
44th Annual
Red Mass
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels
555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Hon. Sergio C. Tapia II
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Closing Speaker
Hon. Sergio C. Tapia II serves as the presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in the nation. Appointed in 2013, he has held multiple leadership roles within the court and the Judicial Council, and he currently advises Governor Gavin Newsom through the Judicial Selection Advisory Committee. Before joining the bench, Judge Tapia worked as a public defender, an AmeriCorps attorney, and an adjunct law professor. A first‑generation college graduate and the son of Mexican immigrant parents, he has dedicated his career to public service, mentorship, and expanding access to justice.
Key Roles & Service
- Former Assistant Presiding Judge and Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division
- Member, Judicial Council committees and statewide advisory groups
- Leadership in judicial and legal organizations, including California Latino Judges Association (President)
- Longtime mentor and supporter of civic education programs
- Degrees from UC Berkeley and the University of Iowa College of Law
- Married to Superior Court Judge
Most Reverend José H. Gomez
Archbishop of Los Angeles
Principal Celebrant
Most Rev. José H. Gomez is the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest Catholic community. For nearly two decades, Archbishop Gomez has been a voice of compassion and reason on moral and spiritual issues in American public life and culture. He has played a leading role in the Catholic Church’s efforts to promote immigration reform and is the author of the 2013 book, Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation.He served a three-year term as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, a post that concluded on November 2022. He was papal-appointed to the 2012 Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization, and in 2015 he was selected to represent the U.S. Catholic Bishops at the Synod on the Family. He holds a doctorate degree in theology (S.T.D.), as well as undergraduate degrees in accounting, philosophy, and theology. He speaks and writes often on issues in the Church and American society. His writings have been published in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, The Wall Street Journal,CNN.com, Huffington Post, Vital Speeches of the Day, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, La Opinion, First Things, The New York Post, National Catholic Register and elsewhere.
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