Francisco Robles Ortega

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Robles and the second or maternal family name is Ortega.

His Eminence

José Francisco Robles Ortega
Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara
President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference
ProvinceGuadalajara
SeeGuadalajara
Appointed7 December 2011
Installed7 February 2012
PredecessorJuan Sandoval Íñiguez
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Presentazione
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination20 July 1976
by José Maclovio Vásquez Silos
Consecration5 June 1991
by Alfredo Torres Romero
Created cardinal24 November 2007
by Pope Benedict XVI
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
José Francisco Robles Ortega

(1949-03-02) 2 March 1949 (age 75)
Mascota, Mexico
DenominationRoman Catholic
Mottoin simplicitate fidei
Coat of armsJosé Francisco Robles Ortega's coat of arms

Francisco Robles Ortega (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko ˈro.βles oɾˈteɣa]; born 2 March 1949) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2007 and the current Archbishop of Guadalajara.[1] Cardinal Robles had previously served as archbishop of Monterrey from 2003 to 2011. He is also, as of November 2012, the incoming president-elect of the Roman Catholic Mexican Episcopal (Bishops') Conference, to replace the outgoing president, Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.[2]

  1. ^ RINUNCIA DELL’ARCIVESCOVO DI GUADALAJARA (MESSICO) E NOMINA DEL SUCCESSORE Archived 2 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20121115.htm#head5[permanent dead link]