Carlos Aguiar Retes

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Full Name	Carlos Aguiar Retes
Occupation	Theologian
Date Of Birth	Jan 9, 1950(1950-01-09)
Age	74
Birthplace	Tepic
Country	Mexico
Birth City	Nayarit
Horoscope	Capricorn

Carlos Aguiar Retes Biography

Carlos Aguiar Retes is one of the most popular and richest Theologian who was born on January 9, 1950 in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. Aguiar Retes, second of six children, was born in Tepic, Mexico on 9 January 1950. His parents were Carlos Aguiar Manjarrez, and Maria Teresa Retes Perez Sandi. He graduated in 1969 from the Seminary of Tepic with a degree in Philosophy and Humanities. In the United States, he also studied theology at the Pontifical Seminary of Montezuma.

He was ordained a bishop of Texcoco by Pope John Paul II on 28 May 1997. On 29 June, he was ordained as a bishop. On 8 March 2007, he was elected a member to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

In 2008 he discussed the relationship between the Mexican bishops and drug traffickers who at times funded the construction of local churches. After several other bishops denied the Church accepted donations of funds from illegal activities, Aguiar said the drug lords “are generous and often they provide money for building a church or chapel” and “install electricity, establish communication links, highways [and] roads” in poor communities. He said that some criminals hope to ease their consciences through good works and seek reassurances from the clergy: “There has been a rapprochement with them as it’s known that discretion is going to be kept. What they want is to encounter peace in their consciences. What they’re going to get from us is a sharp response: Change your life.”

He said that ideological descriptions of church activity were outdated, that most of the Church leadership recognized the need to promote government policies rather than align themselves with a particular government, and that humility about the Church’s failings would render media attempts to “denigrate the ecclesiastical institution” harmless. He nevertheless worked in concert with local government officials, including Enrique Pena Nieto, the Governor of the state of Mexico who later became President of Mexico. The state government helped fund some religious instruction. In 2009 Aguiar helped negotiate an enhanced constitutional recognition of religious liberty. He worked with Governor Eruviel Ávila and representatives of other religions on a statement of shared values, the “Pact for the Strengthening of Values with Religious Associations” (Pacto por el Fortalecimiento de los Valores con Asociaciones Religiosas”), to coordinate efforts to strengthen social institutions.

He returned to Rome in 1991 to continue his studies. He was part of a group of biblical scholars that prepared the Edition of la Biblia de America. This is a translation of Scripture into an accessible language. He received a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in biblical theology in 1996 with a thesis titled “Criticism and fasting among the prophets”. He held the position of Sacred Scripture Chair at the Pontifical University of Mexico from 1996 to 1997, and was also rector of John XXIII Residence of Priests.

Carlos Aguiar Retes Net Worth

Carlos Aguiar Retes is one of the richest Theologian from Mexico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carlos Aguiar Retes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Carlos Aguiar Retes, Spanish pronunciation: [‘karlosa’gjar’retes]; born 9th January 1950), is a Mexican cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Mexico City. He was president of both the Latin American Episcopal Conference, Mexico Episcopal Conference (CELAM), and served as an officer in the Mexican Episcopal Conference. He was instrumental in the creation of the CELAM mission statement, which was published at the 2007 conference in Aparecida. He was the Archbishop of Tlalnepantla and, before that, was the Bishop of Texcoco. David Agren, of the Catholic News Service, describes him as a “longtime friend” of Pope Francis. He combines “intellectual finesse and a pastoral passion.”

On 24 December 1971, he was ordained deacon. On 23 April 1973, he was ordained priest in the Cathedral at Tepic. He began his work as a parochial vicar at the Parish of St. Maria Goretti that year. He remained there until 1974. From 1974 to 1977, he studied at the Pontifical Latin American College in Rome. He earned a degree from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Holy Scripture. He was elected rector of Seminary of Tepic after he returned to Mexico.

In May 2003, he was elected to a four-year term as Vice President of the Latin American Bishops’ Conference (CELAM). In preparation for that year’s conference held in Aparecida, Brazil, he authored a paper on globalization and the new evangelization that linked the devaluation of local cultures and traditional community-sanctioned norms to the economic forces behind mass migration and environmental damage. At the conference, he served on the drafting committee headed by Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (later Pope Francis) that produced a conference statement that endorsed key elements of liberation theology recast as less overtly political and integrated into the Church’s mission.

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He was again a Synod Father appointed by Pope Francis in 2014 and 2015 sessions of the Synod on the Family. At the end of the 2014 session, he participated in drafting the relatio that summarized the bishops’ discussions.

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Carlos Ranked on the list of most popular Theologian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mexico. Carlos Aguiar Retes celebrates birthday on January 9 of every year.

On 7 December 2017, Pope Francis named him Archbishop of Mexico to succeed Norberto Rivera Carrera, “a pastor who had as many detractors as supporters” after 22 years in the post. His installation was scheduled for 5 February

2018. The Tablet said the appointment was not a surprise because Aguiar is “a towering ecclesial figure in Central and Latin America”.