Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera

Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Jun 1942		Born
3 Jul 1966	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Durango, México
5 Nov 1985	43.4	Appointed	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
21 Dec 1985	43.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
13 Jun 1995	53.0	Appointed	Archbishop of México, Federal District
21 Feb 1998	55.7	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 1998	55.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande
18 Oct 1998	56.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande
8 Mar 2014	71.7	Appointed	Member of the Council for the Economy
7 Dec 2017	75.5	Retired	Archbishop of México, Federal District
2020²	77.5	Ceased	Member of the Council for the Economy

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Norberto Rivera Carrera
Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera
(born 6 Jun 1942)
Archbishop Emeritus of México

Consistory - 1998: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - September 2005: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Tepehuanes, Archdiocese of Durango
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Tehuacán, Diocese of Tehuacán, Puebla

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of México.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonio López Aviña †
Archbishop of Durango
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †
Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco †
Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonio López Aviña † (1955)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José María González y Valencia † (1922)
Archbishop of Durango
Archbishop José Othón Núñez y Zárate † (1909)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Eulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavalza † (1887)
Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
Archbishop Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos † (1855)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez † (1852)
Bishop of Michoacán
Bishop Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal † (1834)
Titular Bishop of Tanagra
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Salvador González Morales (2001)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Salvador González Morales (2002)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda (1997)
Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (1998)
Bishop Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S. † (2000)
Bishop José Luis Fletes Santana (2000)
Bishop Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón † (2000)
Bishop Francisco Clavel Gil (2001)
Bishop Rogelio Esquivel Medina † (2001)
Bishop Jonás Guerrero Corona (2001)
Bishop Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. † (2004)
Archbishop José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa (2004)
Bishop Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (2006)
Archbishop Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc, M.G. (2007)
Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (2009)
Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco † (2009)
Bishop Andrés Vargas Peña (2010)
Bishop Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca (2010)
Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez (2011)
Bishop Jorge Estrada Solórzano (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop José Andrés Corral Arredondo † (1989)
Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras (1996)
Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (2005)
Bishop Víctor René Rodríguez Gómez (2006)
Archbishop Raúl Gómez González (2010)
Bishop Juan Odilón Martínez García (2010)
Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011)
Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (2011)
Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz (2011)
Bishop Tomás López Durán (2014)
Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2014)
Bishop Francisco Javier Martínez Castillo (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 261366626
WikiData: Q152302

Source(s):

i: Bollettino, 10 Oct 1998
ab: Bollettino, 8 Mar 2014
r: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Number 8,233

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