José Salazar López (January 12, 1910 – July 9, 1991) was a Mexican Cardinal of the

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. He served as Archbishop of Guadalajara from 1970 to 1987, and was elevated to the

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in 1973.

Biography

Born in Ameca, Jalisco, José Salazar López studied at the

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in Guadalajara and the

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before being

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to the priesthood on May 26, 1934. He then did pastoral work in Guadalajara until 1961. During this time, Salazar led the

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of the Conciliar Seminary of Guadalajara, where he later served as a

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and

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of studies (1934-1944), vice-

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(1944-1950), and rector (1950-1961). He was made

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to the seminaries in Puebla and Durango in 1958. On May 22, 1961, Salazar was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora and Titular bishop of Prusias ad Hypium by

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. He received his

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on the following August 20 from Cardinal José Garibi y Rivera, with Archbishop Francisco Nuño y Guerrero and Bishop José Anaya y Diez de Bonilla serving as co-consecrators. After attending the

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from 1962 to 1965, Salazar succeeded Anaya y Diez as Bishop of Zamora on September 15, 1967. He was later named Archbishop of Guadalajara on February 21, 1970.

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created him

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of ''

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'' in the

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of March 5, 1973. Salazar once served as

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of the Mexican

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, and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the

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and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and

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respectively. He resigned as Guadalajara's archbishop on May 15, 1987, and lost the right to participate in another conclave upon reaching age 80 on January 12, 1990. The Cardinal died from a

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New York Times
Jose Salazar Lopez; Mexican Cardinal, 81
July 12, 1991 in Guadalajara, at the age of 81. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of the same city.

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Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) {{DEFAULTSORT:Salazar Lopez, Jose 1910 births 1991 deaths Mexican cardinals 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico Participants in the Second Vatican Council Roman Catholic archbishops of Guadalajara Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI People from Jalisco