Adolfo Suárez Rivera

Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera Cardinal ( born January 9, 1927 in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, † March 22, 2008 in Monterrey, Mexico) was Archbishop of Monterrey.

Life

Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera studied in Chiapas, Xalapa, Montezuma, Rome and Santiago de Chile, the subjects Catholic theology and philosophy. He received in 1952 the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood by Archbishop Alfonso Carinci, the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. After further years of study, he served as spiritual director and professor of the seminary of Chiapas. In addition, he worked in the diocesan administration and as a pastor.

1971 Pope Paul VI appointed him. Bishop of Tepic. The episcopal ordination August 15, 1971 He received his Archbishop Carlo Martini, the then Apostolic Delegate in Mexico; Co-consecrators were the archbishop of Guadalajara and later Cardinal, José Salazar López, and the Bishop of Chiapas, Samuel Ruiz García. In 1980 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, 1983 Archbishop of Monterrey, which he headed until 2003 as chief shepherd.

1994 was accepted as a cardinal priest with the titular church of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario in the College of Cardinals Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera of John Paul II. For health reasons, he was not a member of the College of Cardinals in the conclave for the election of Benedict XVI. , The successor of John Paul II.