Norberto Rivera
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His Eminence Norberto Rivera Carrera |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Mexico Primate of Mexico |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Mexico |
| See | Mexico |
| Appointed | 13 June 1995 |
| Predecessor | Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada |
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Cardinal-Priest of S. Francesco d'Assisi a Ripa Grande Member of Council for the Economy |
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| Ordination | 3 July 1966 by Pope Paul VI |
| Consecration | 21 December 1985 by Antonio López Aviña |
| Created Cardinal | 21 February 1998 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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6 June 1942 La Purísima, Durango, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Lumen Gentium |
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Styles of Norberto Rivera Carrera |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Mexico |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Antonio López Aviña (Durango) |
| Date of consecration | 21 December 1985 |
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Bishops consecrated by Norberto Rivera Carrera as principal consecrator
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| José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda | 12 April 1997 |
| Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez | 5 February 1998 |
| Felipe Tejeda García | 4 March 2000 |
| José Luis Fletes Santana | 4 March 2000 |
| Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón | 4 March 2000 |
| Francisco Clavel Gil | 27 June 2001 |
Norberto Rivera Carrera (born 6 June 1942) is a Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been the Archbishop of Mexico City since 1995. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1998.
Norberto Rivera Carrera was born in La Purísima, a small town in Tepehuanes Municipality, to Ramón Rivera Cháidez and Soledad Carrera; he has a sister who is a nun. His father immigrated to the United States to support the family. Rivera entered the seminary of Durango in 1955. He later studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained his licentiate in theology. He was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Paul VI on 3 July 1966.
From 1967 to 1985, Rivera did pastoral work in Durango and Zacatecas while serving as a professor of dogmatic theology and the prefect of discipline at the Durango seminary. He also directed Social Communications for the Archdiocese of Durango, was the diocesan advisor to the Christian Family Movement, and taught ecclesiology at the Pontifical University of Mexico from 1982 to 1985. While at the Pontifical University, he founded the Movement for the Days of Christian Life.
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