Alberto Suárez Inda

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.

His Eminence Alberto Suarez Inda
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia
Inda in 2015 upon being made a cardinal.
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Morelia
See	Morelia
Appointed	20 January 1995
Installed	24 February 1995
Term ended	5 November 2016
Predecessor	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa
Successor	Carlos Garfias Merlos
Other posts	Cardinal-Priest of San Policarpo (2015-)
Orders
Ordination	8 August 1964 by Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes
Consecration	20 December 1985 by Girolamo Prigione
Created cardinal	14 February 2015 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Birth name	Alberto Suárez Inda
Born	30 January 1939 Celaya, Mexico
Previous post	Bishop of Tacámbaro (1985-95)
Alma mater	Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Latin American College
Motto	Vivimos Para El Señor ("We live for the Lord")
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Alberto Suárez Inda
History Priestly ordination Date 8 August 1964 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Girolamo Prigione Co-consecrators Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa Luis Morales Reyes Date 20 December 1985 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Francis Date 14 February 2015
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Alberto Suárez Inda as principal consecrator Leopoldo González González 19 May 1999 Francisco Moreno Barrón 20 March 2002 Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. 5 June 2009 Juan Espinoza Jimenéz 22 February 2011 Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma 25 February 2016 Herculano Medina Garfias 25 February 2016

Styles of Alberto Suarez Inda
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Biography

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

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.

External links

• "Suárez Inda Card. Alberto". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.