Rogelio Cabrera López (born 24 January 1951) is a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the archbishop of Monterrey since 2012. He has been a bishop since 1996.

Biography

Rogelio Cabrera López was born in

Santa Catarina, Guanajuato Santa Catarina is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 193.67 square kilometres (0.64% of the surface of the state) and is bord ...

. He studied humanities, philosophy and theology at the seminary of his home diocese of

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

from 1961 to 1973. He completed his studies in Rome at the

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and the

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, obtaining licentiates in theology and sacred scripture. He was

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a priest on 17 November 1978. He then held the following positions: prefect of studies of the major seminary from 1978 to 1984; diocesan assistant of the Christian Family Movement from 1981 to 1992; priest of Our Lady of Peace parish from 1984 to 1990; dean of the Deanery of Santo Niño de la Salud from 1985 to 1987; diocesan coordinator of the Pastoral Plan from 1989 to 1996; member of the College of Consultants of the Diocese of Querétaro from 1989 to 1996; pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish from 1990 to 1996; master of the diocesan seminary from 1978 to 1996; Episcopal Pastoral Vicar from 1992 to 1996.

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appointed him bishop of

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on 30 April 1996. He received his episcopal consecration on 30 May 1996 from Archbishop Girolamo Prigione, Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico. On 16 July 2001, he was transferred by Pope John Paul to Tapachula. On 11 September 2004, he was appointed archbishop of

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. He became its first archbishop on 25 November 2006 when the diocese was raised to the status of an archdiocese. In 2009 he was elected to a three-year term as vice-president of the Mexican Bishops Conference and he was elected to a second term. On 3 October 2012,

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appointed him archbishop of Monterrey. He participated in the Synod of Bishops in November 2012. He was installed in Monterrey on 5 December with a ceremony in the cathedral followed by a Mass attended by 10,000 people in the Monterrey Arena. He was elected to a three-year term as president of the Mexican Bishops Conference in 2018. On 15 May 2019, he was named president of the economic council of the Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM). On 10 March 2021,

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made his a member of the

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. He served as apostolic administrator of two of his suffragan dioceses:

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fif ...

from 20 July 2018 to 5 July 2019 and

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from 30 March 2021 to 17 November 2021.

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