His Eminence Adolfo Antonio Cardinal Suárez Rivera (born 9 January 1927) is a Cardinal Priest in the Roman Catholic Church and currently holds the rank of Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey in that Church. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 7 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London January 9 - Military rebellion crushed in Lisbon January 14 - Paul Doumer elected president of France January 19 - Britain sends troops to China February 12 - First British troops lad on Shanghai February 14 - Earthquake in Yugoslavia - 700 dead February... Cardinal Priests are the most numerous of the three orders of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest religious denomination of Christianity with over one billion members. ... This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ...

Born in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Suárez Rivera studied classical literature at the conciliar seminary of Chiapas in San Cristóbal, and then philosophy at the archdiocesan seminary of Xalapa and the Pontifical Seminary of Montezuma in Montezuma, New Mexico, in the United States. After these studies, he completed a doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. Catedral The church of Santo Domingo. ... Other Mexican States Capital Tuxtla Gutiérrez Other major cities San Cristóbal Tapachula list of municipalities Area 74,211 km² Ranked 8th Population (2000 census) 3,920,500 Ranked 8th Governor (2000-06) Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía (alliance of PRD, PAN, & others) Federal Deputies (12) PRI = 11 PAN = 1... Xalapa, sometimes spelled Jalapa, is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... The North American College at the Gregorian The Pontifical Gregorian University is a Roman Catholic theological seminary in Rome. ... Location within Italy The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of its Latium region. ...

Ordained a priest in 1952, Suárez Rivera worked for about 10 years as a professor of classical literature and philosophy at the diocesan seminary of San Cristóbal de las Casas, then was a department head and secretary in the Archdiocesan Curia. He advised the Christian Family Movement and helped found the Union for Mutual Episcopal Aid in the 1960s and 1970s, in addition to serving as a parish priest. 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

In 1971, Suárez Rivera was named Bishop of Tepic, and then in 1983, Archbishop of Monterrey. From 1979 to 1983, he served as an adjunct member of the Congregation for Bishops, and he was a delegate to the 1983 Sixth General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Reconciliation and Penance. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Tepic is the capital city of the Mexican state of Nayarit. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Suárez Rivera was appointed Archbishop of Monterrey on 8 November 1983 and held the post for twenty years, until 25 January 2003. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 26 November 1994, and given the title of Cardinal Priest of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Monte Mario. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals, during a consistory. ... His Holiness Pope John Paul II, officially in Latin , born Karol Józef Wojtyla [1] (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005), was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978 until his death. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Although eligible to vote in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, Suárez Rivera was one of only two cardinal electors unable to attend due to medical reasons (the other being Jaime Cardinal Sin of the Philippines). The Papal conclave of 2005 began on April 18, 2005 and ended the next day after four ballots. ... His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (in Latin Benedictus XVI) was born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927. ... Cardinal Jaime Lachica Sin (born August 31, 1928 in the Philippines) was the 14th of 16 children of Juan Sin and Maxima Lachica. ...

External link

• Biography at catholic-pages.com (http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=109)