Juan Sandoval Íñiguez facts for kids
Quick facts for kids His Eminence Juan Sandoval Íñiguez |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara | |
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| 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 |
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| Ordination | 27 October 1957 |
| Consecration | 30 April 1988 by Manuel Talamás Camandari |
| Created Cardinal | 26 November 1994 |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Born | 28 March 1933 Yahualica, Mexico |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| 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". Sandoval, has also been a strong supporter of the Tridentine Mass, and in 2024, called on Pope Francis not to further restrict its use.
See also
In Spanish: Juan Sandoval Íñiguez para niños
