Francisco Robles Ortega
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His Eminence José Francisco Robles Ortega |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference |
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| Province | Guadalajara |
| See | Guadalajara |
| Appointed | 7 December 2011 |
| Installed | 7 February 2012 |
| Predecessor | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Presentazione |
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| Ordination | 20 July 1976 by José Maclovio Vásquez Silos |
| Consecration | 5 June 1991 by Alfredo Torres Romero |
| Created Cardinal | 24 November 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | José Francisco Robles Ortega |
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2 March 1949 Mascota, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | in simplicitate fidei |
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Styles of Francisco Robles Ortega |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Guadalajara |
Francisco Robles Ortega (born 2 March 1949) is a Mexican Cardinal of the Catholic Church, having been elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. He currently serves as Archbishop of Guadalajara. 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, who is the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.
Francisco Robles Ortega was born in Mascota, as the third of the sixteen children of Francisco Robles Arreola (b. 1917) and Teresa Ortega de Robles (b. 1927). He studied humanities at the minor seminary in Autlán, philosophy at the seminary in Guadalajara, and theology at the seminary in Zamora.
Robles was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop José Vásquez Silos on 20 July 1976, and then studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome until 1979, obtaining his licentiate in theology. Upon his return to Mexico, he served as vicar general of Autlán and taught philosophy and theology at its seminary. He was made diocesan administrator of Autlán following the death of Bishop Vásquez Silos in July 1990
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