Norberto Rivera Carrera
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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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4 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 | December 21, 1985 |
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Bishops consecrated by Norberto Rivera Carrera as principal consecrator
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| José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda | April 12, 1997 |
| Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez | February 5, 1998 |
| Felipe Tejeda García | March 4, 2000 |
| José Luis Fletes Santana | March 4, 2000 |
| Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón | March 4, 2000 |
| Francisco Clavel Gil | June 27, 2001 |
Norberto Rivera Carrera (born June 4, 1942) is a Mexican Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Mexico City and the Primate Archbishop of Mexico He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1998. On June 2, 2017 was announced the resignation of Rivera to the archbishopric.
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 and worked in the United States in order to support the family. Rivera entered the seminary of Durango in 1955. He later went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University, where he obtained his licentiate in theology. He was ordained to the priesthood by Pope Paul VI on July 3, 1966.
From 1967 to 1985, Rivera did pastoral work in Durango and Zacatecas, as well as 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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