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His Eminence Juan Sandoval Íñiguez
Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara
Archdiocese Guadalajara
See Guadalajara
Appointed 21 April 1994
Reign ended 7 December 2011
Predecessor Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo
Successor José Francisco Robles Ortega
Other posts Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e San Filippo Martire
Orders
Ordination 27 October 1957
Consecration 30 April 1988
by Manuel Talamás Camandari
Created Cardinal 26 November 1994
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1933-03-28) 28 March 1933 (age 91)
Yahualica, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Denomination Roman Catholic
Previous post
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez (1988–1992)
  • Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (1992–1994)
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See Guadalajara

Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan sandoˈβal ˈiɲiɣes]; born 28 March 1933) is a Mexican retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Guadalajara from 1994 to 2011. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1994.

Ecclesiastical career

He is a son of Esteban Sandoval Ruiz and María Guadalupe Íñiguez de Sandoval, and is the eldest of 12 brothers and sisters, of whom 2 died as infants and another was killed.

Sandoval entered the seminary in 1945 and then went to Rome where he continued his studies. He was ordained a priest in Rome in 1957.

In 1961, he returned to Mexico and was assigned to the seminary in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where he worked first as a teacher and then as rector.

In 1988 Sandoval was named Coadjutor bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and succeeded as its bishop in 1992. He was invested as Archbishop of Guadalajara in April 1994, replacing the murdered former incumbent, Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, and later that year he was named a cardinal.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Sandoval has also made regular appearances on the Mexican Catholic network "Mariavisión", which is based in Guadalajara, normally by teaching the catechism during short episodes between regular programming.

On 7 December 2011 his retirement was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI; Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega was appointed his successor.

He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.

In August 2023,Cardinal Brandmüller, along with Cardinals Burke, Íñiguez, Sarah, and Zen, submitted another list of five dubia to Pope Francis related to the upcoming Synod on Synodality. The Dubia questioned the necessity of the upcoming synod, asked whether the blessing of same-sex unions was theologically admissible, and questioned the Pope's claim that "forgiveness is a human right".

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