Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (born 4 November 1939) is a Mexican Catholic prelate who served as of Bishop of Tijuana from 1983 to 1995, and later

Archbishop of Yucatán In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...

from 1995 to 2015.

Biography

Berlie was ordained by

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXII ...

as a priest on 3 July 1966. He was appointed by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

as Bishop of Tijuana on 3 June 1983. The apostolic nuncio in Mexico,

Girolamo Prigione Girolamo Prigione (12 October 1921 – 27 May 2016) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1951 to 1997. He became an archbishop in 1968 and from then until retirement held po ...

, consecrated him as a bishop on 25 July of the same year. Berlie's co-consecrators were

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, Bishop of Aguascalientes, and

Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (11 November 1926 – 24 May 1993) was an archbishop of the Catholic Church in Mexico who served as the eighth archbishop of the see of Guadalajara and as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Posadas Ocampo was ...

, Bishop of Cuernavaca. On 15 March 1995, Berlie was appointed

and inaugurated on 29 April. In 2013, he was appointed by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

as a member of the

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. In 2015, Berlie retired as archbishop and

Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...

accepted his retirement on 1 June.

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1939 births Living people People from Aguascalientes City 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Mexico Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II {{Mexico-RC-archbishop-stub