José Francisco Robles Ortega | |
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| Cardinal,Archbishop of Guadalajara | |
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| Province | Guadalajara |
| See | Guadalajara |
| Appointed | 7 December 2011 |
| Installed | 7 February 2012 |
| Predecessor | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |
| Other post | Cardinal-Priest ofSanta Maria della Presentazione |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 July 1976 by José Maclovio Vásquez Silos |
| Consecration | 5 June 1991 by Alfredo Torres Romero |
| Created cardinal | 24 November 2007 byPope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Francisco Robles Ortega (1949-03-02)2 March 1949 (age 76) Mascota, Mexico |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | In simplicitate fidei (in the simplicity of faith) |
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Francisco Robles Ortega (Spanish pronunciation:[fɾanˈsiskoˈro.βlesoɾˈteɣa]; born 2 March 1949) is a Mexican prelate of theCatholic Church who has beenArchbishop of Guadalajara since 2012 and acardinal since 2007. He wasarchbishop of Monterrey from 2003 to 2011. He was president of theMexican Episcopal Conference from 2012 to 2018.
Francisco Robles Ortega was born inMascota on 2 March 1949, the third of sixteen children born to Francisco Robles Arreola (b. 1917) and Teresa Ortega de Robles (b. 1927). He studiedhumanities at theminor seminary inAutlán, philosophy at the seminary inGuadalajara, and theology at the seminary inZamora. Robles wasordained to the priesthood by Bishop José Vásquez Silos on 20 July 1976.[1]
He studied at thePontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1976 to 1979, obtaining hislicentiate in theology. Upon his return to Autlán, he held appointments as parish vicar, prefect of studies and spiritual director at the minor seminary, and chaplain of nuns. In 1980 he became rector of the seminary. He also served as diocesan consultor and president of the priests council and a member of the Commission for the Formation of the Clergy and of the Diocesan Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith. In 1985 he was appointed vicar general of the diocese and then became assistant to the commission for economic affairs of the diocese and taught at the seminary.[2] He was named apostolic administrator of Autlán following the death of Bishop Vásquez Silos in July 1990.[citation needed]
On 30 April 1991, Robles was appointedauxiliary bishop ofToluca andTitular Bishop of Bossa byPope John Paul II. He received hisepiscopal consecration on the following 5 June[3] from Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero, with Bishops José Hernández González andJavier Lozano Barragán serving asco-consecrators, in the Cathedral of Toluca.
Robles was named diocesan administrator of Toluca following the death of Bishop Torres Romero on 15 October 1995. He was appointed bishop of Toluca on 15 June 1996[4] and was installed on 15 July of that same year.[citation needed] On 25 January 2003, he was promoted toArchbishop of Monterrey.[2]
| Styles of Francisco Robles Ortega | |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Guadalajara |
Pope Benedict XVI created himcardinal-priest ofSanta Maria della Presentazione in theconsistory of 24 November 2007.[5]
On 5 January 2011 he was appointed among the first members of the newly createdPontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.[6]
On 7 December 2011 Robles was appointed the Archbishop of Guadalajara.[3]
On 24 November 2012 he was appointed a member of thePontifical Council for Social Communications.[7]
He was elected to a three-year term as president of the Mexican Episcopal Conference in 2012 and then elected to a second term, ending his service in 2018.[1]
He was one of thecardinal electors who participated in the2013 papal conclave that electedPope Francis.[8]
He was appointed a member of theCongregation for Bishops on 16 December 2013.[9]
He was once again acardinal elector in the2025 papal conclave that electedPope Leo XIV.[10]
The archbishop has called on the country's political parties and organizations to take action to avoid infiltration in their ranks by drug traders.[11]
Robles said "we are against the change proposed by the decree to reform Article 3" of the Constitution because it seeks to encourage secularism in private educational institutions, eliminating the subject of religion, which trains young people in moral values.[12]
In naming archbishop Francisco Robles of Monterrey as one of 23 new Roman Catholic cardinals, analysts say the Vatican chose a clergyman who advocates for the poor and beseeches the faithful to embrace humility.[13]
Robles has said that the family is "an institution that is natural, that is the basis of society", and he warned those who oppose a new law that would protect it not to attempt to "supplant such an important institution as the family."[14]
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| Titular see established | — TITULAR — Titular Bishop of Bossa 30 April 1991 – 15 June 1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Alfredo Torres Romero | Bishop of Toluca 15 June 1996 – 25 January 2003 | Succeeded by Francisco Chavolla Ramos |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Monterrey 25 January 2003 – 7 December 2011 | Succeeded by |
| Titular church established | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Presentazione 24 November 2007 – | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Archbishop of Guadalajara 7 December 2011 – | |
| Preceded by | President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference 24 November 2012 – 13 November 2018 | Succeeded by |
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