Alberto Suárez Inda | |
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| Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia | |
 Suárez 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 post | Cardinal-Priest of San Policarpo (2015-) |
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| Ordination | 8 August 1964 by Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes |
| Consecration | 20 December 1985 by Girolamo Prigione |
| Created cardinal | 14 February 2015 byPope Francis |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alberto Suárez Inda (1939-01-30)30 January 1939 (age 86) |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Vivimos Para El Señor (We live for the Lord) |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Religious style | Cardinal |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
Alberto Suárez Inda (born 30 January 1939) is aMexicanprelate of theRoman Catholic Church. He served asArchbishop of Morelia from 1995 to 2016.
Alberto Suárez Inda was born inCelaya inMexico 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 weeklyAngelus address,Pope Francis announced that he would make him acardinal during aconsistory to be held on 14 February.[2] At that ceremony, he was assigned the titular church ofSan Policarpo.[3] In April 2015 he was appointed a member of theCongregation for the Clergy and thePontifical 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 futurepapal conclave.
Pope Francis accepted his retirement from his archdiocese on 5 November 2016.[4]
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| 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 |
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