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Alberto Suárez Inda

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Alberto Suárez Inda
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia
Suárez Inda in 2015 upon being made a cardinal.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMorelia
SeeMorelia
Appointed20 January 1995
Installed24 February 1995
Term ended5 November 2016
PredecessorEstanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa
SuccessorCarlos Garfias Merlos
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of San Policarpo (2015-)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination8 August 1964
by Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes
Consecration20 December 1985
by Girolamo Prigione
Created cardinal14 February 2015
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Alberto Suárez Inda

(1939-01-30) 30 January 1939 (age 85)
Alma mater
MottoVivimos Para El Señor
(We live for the Lord)
Coat of armsAlberto Suárez Inda's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Alberto Suárez Inda
History
Priestly ordination
Date8 August 1964
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorGirolamo Prigione
Co-consecratorsEstanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa
Luis Morales Reyes
Date20 December 1985
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date14 February 2015
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Alberto Suárez Inda as principal consecrator
Leopoldo González González19 May 1999
Francisco Moreno Barrón20 March 2002
Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.5 June 2009
Juan Espinoza Jimenéz22 February 2011
Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma25 February 2016
Herculano Medina Garfias25 February 2016
Styles of
Alberto Suarez Inda
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Alberto Suárez Inda (born 30 January 1939) is a Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Morelia from 1995 to 2016.

Biography

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Alberto Suárez Inda was born in Celaya in Mexico on 30 January 1939.

He studied humanities in Morelia and then attended the Pontifical Latin American College in Rome from 1958 until 1965. He was ordained to the priesthood on 8 August 1964 and began serving as a vicar in Morelia and in Pátzcuaro. He also taught before becoming a parish priest for a newly-established parish in his hometown. He later served as the rector for the minor seminary in Celaya from 1974 until his appointment to the episcopate in 1985 when Pope John Paul II named him as the Bishop of Tacámbaro. He received his episcopal consecration on the following 20 December. He became the Archbishop of Morela in 1995 and oversaw the institution of 40 new parish churches.[1]

On 4 January 2015, following his weekly Angelus address, Pope Francis announced that he would make him a cardinal during a consistory to be held on 14 February.[2] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church of San Policarpo.[3] In April 2015 he was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Clergy and the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (the latter which was dissolved in 2016). He holds his membership in the former body until he turned 80 on 30 January 2019 at which point he also became ineligible to vote as an elector in a future papal conclave.

Pope Francis accepted his retirement from his archdiocese on 5 November 2016.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Suárez Inda Card. Alberto". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Annuncio di Concistoro per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Consistory: list of titular church assignments". Vatican Radio. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  4. ^ "El Papa Francisco nombra nuevo Arzobispo para Morelia, en México". Aciprensa (in Spanish). 5 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Tacambaro
1985-1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Morelia
1995 - 2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by
None; titular church established
Cardinal Priest of San Policarpo Incumbent