Carlos Aguiar Retes

His Eminence Carlos Aguiar Retes
Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico City
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Mexico City
See	Mexico City
Appointed	7 December 2017
Installed	5 February 2018
Predecessor	Norberto Rivera Carrera
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Fabriano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli (since 2016)
Orders
Ordination	22 April 1973
Consecration	29 June 1997 by Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera
Created cardinal	19 November 2016 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Carlos Aguiar Retes (1950-01-09) 9 January 1950 (age 74) Tepic, Mexico
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Texcoco (1997–2009) Secretary General of the Latin American Episcopal Council (2000–03) First Vice-President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (2003–07) President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (2006–12) President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (2011–15) Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (2009–17)
Alma mater	Pontifical Latin American College Pontifical Biblical Institute Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Que todos sean uno (May all be one)
Coat of arms

Styles of Carlos Aguiar Retes
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Carlos Aguiar Retes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos aˈɣjaɾ ˈretes]; born 9 January 1950) is a Mexican cardinal of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Mexico City. He has served as an officer of the Mexican Episcopal Conference and the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) and been president of both. He helped draft the landmark mission statement CELAM issued at the close of its 2007 conference in Aparecida. He was archbishop of Tlalnepantla from 2009 to 2017 and Bishop of Texcoco from 1997 to 2009. David Agren of the Catholic News Service calls him a "longtime ally" of Pope Francis who combines "intellectual finesse with a pastoral passion".^[1]