Luis Cabrera Herrera

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Luis Gerardo Cabrera

OFM
Cardinal
Archbishop of Guayaquil
El Cardenal Cabrera en Azogues.jpg
Cabrera Herrera in Azogues in 2025
Church Catholic Church
Appointed20 April 2009
Predecessor Antonio Arregui
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle  [ it ] (2024–)
Previous post(s) Archbishop of Cuenca (2009–15)
Orders
Ordination8 September 1983
by Serafín Cartagena Ocaña
Consecration4 July 2009
by  Giacomo Guido Ottonello
Created cardinal7 December 2024
by Pope Francis
Rank Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born (1955-10-11) 11 October 1955 (age 69)
Azogues, Ecuador
MottoVerbum Domini Nuntiantes
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera.svg

Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, OFM (born 11 October 1955), is an Ecuadorian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Guayaquil since 2015. He was Archbishop of Cuenca from 2009 to 2015. He has been president of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference since 2020, having served as its vice president from 2011 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2020. On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made Cabrera a cardinal.

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Biography

Early years

Luis Cabrera Herrera was born on 11 October 1955 in Azogues. He studied at the Franciscan minor seminaries there and in Quito, followed by philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. He earned his doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome. [1]

On 1 October 1975, he entered the novitiate of the Order of Friars Minor in Quito. He made his first profession of vows on 24 September 1976 and took his solemn vows on 4 September 1982 in Quito. [2] He was ordained a priest on 8 September 1983 [1] by Bishop Serafín Cartagena Ocaña, Vicar Apostolic of Zamora, a Franciscan.

He fulfilled these assignments for the Franciscans in Ecuador: vice-master of novices from 1983 to 1985; member of the Provincial Council from 1985 to 1988; master of novices from 1985 to 1990; secretary for studies and formation from 1995 to 2000; head of Vocation Ministry for Ecuador; director of the Franciscan Studies Center of Ecuador from 1996 to 2001; director of the Cardinal Bernardino Echeverría Philosophical-Theological Institute in Quito, and professor of Franciscan theology and spirituality from 1998 to 2000; provincial of the Franciscans in Ecuador from 2000 to 2003. He was also Executive Secretary of the Ecumenism Commission of the EEC from 1996 to 2003. Based in Rome, he served as general councilor of the Order of Friars Minor with responsibility for the Franciscan provinces of Latin America and the Caribbean from 2004 to 2009. [1]

Archbishop and cardinal

On 20 April 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Cuenca. [1]

He received his episcopal consecration on 4 July [3] from Archbishop Giacomo Guido Ottonello, Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador.

He was vice president of the EEC from 2011 to 2014. [3] He was president of the EEC's Commission for the Laity of Lay People from 2014 to 2017. [2]

On 24 September 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Guayaquil. [3] He was installed there on 5 December. [4]

On 28 May 2019, he was named a member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. [5]

He served as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Daule from 17 March 2022 to 25 June 2023.

He was vice president of the EEC from 2017 to 2020. [2] During his term, he played a crucial role in promoting dialogue and peace promoted by the Catholic Church, especially in the demonstrations of 2019.[ citation needed ] He has been elected to a three-year term as president of the ECC twice, on 10 November 2020 and 7 November 2023. [6]

On 7 July 2023, Pope Francis named him one of the delegate presidents of the first session of the Synod on Synodality. [7]

On 6 October 2024, Pope Francis announced he planned to make Cabrera a cardinal on 8 December, [8] a date that was later changed to 7 December. [9] He is the sixth Ecuadorean to be named a cardinal. [10] and the first from Guayaquil while the others were from Quito. Cabrera expects to remain in Guayaquil as cardinal. [11]

On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal priests the title of Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle. [12]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rinunce e Nomine, 29.04.2009" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Monseñor Luis Cabrera Herrera, OFM". Archdiocese of Guayaquil (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.09.2015" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Monseñor Luis Cabrera asume como nuevo Arzobispo de Guayaquil" (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. CXI. 2009. p. 1026. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Morillo, Ángel Alberto (8 November 2023). "Luis Cabrera, reelecto presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana". Vida Nueva Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Names of participants in the October Synod Assembly published". Omnes. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Annuncio di Concistoro l'8 dicembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 06.10.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  9. ↑ Brockhaus, Hannah (12 October 2024). "Vatican Shares Pope Francis' Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mons. Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, OFM nuevo cardenal: Ecuador suma su sexto representante en un histórico nombramiento". Ecuadorean Episcopal Conference (in Spanish). 6 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  11. ↑ Borja, Darwin (30 October 2024). "El nuevo cardenal de Ecuador, Monseñor Luis Gerardo Cabrera, se mantendrá como arzobispo de Guayaquil". Vistazo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  12. ↑ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali, 07.12.2024" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
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