José Garibi y Rivera

José Mariano Garibi y Rivera (Guadalajara, 30 January 1889 – Guadalajara, 27 May 1972), was a cardinal and Archbishop of Guadalajara. He was the first Mexican cardinal of the Catholic Church.


José Garibi y Rivera
Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara
The cardinal pictured on 30 June 1961.
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseGuadalajara
SeeGuadalajara
Appointed18 February 1936
Term ended1 March 1969
PredecessorJosé Francisco Orozco y Jiménez
SuccessorJosé Salazar López
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Onofrio (1958-72)
Orders
Ordination25 February 1912
by José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez
Consecration7 May 1930
by José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez
Created cardinal15 December 1958
by Pope John XXIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
José Mariano Garibi y Rivera

30 January 1889
Died27 May 1972(1972-05-27) (aged 83)
Hospital de la Santísima Trinidad, Guadalajara, Mexico
BuriedGuadalajara Cathedral
ParentsMiguel Garibi y Reyes
Joaquina Rivera y Robledo
Previous post(s)
Alma materPontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Latin American College
MottoDiligite alterutrum
Styles of
José Garibi y Rivera
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
SeeGuadalajara (emeritus)

Education

Garibi was educated at the Colegio del Señor San José (primary education) and the Seminary of Guadalajara from 1900 to 1906, where he studied the humanities, sciences, Latin, Greek, philosophy and theology. He entered the novitiate of the Order of Friars Minor at Zapopan, Jalisco, in 1906, but left at the end of the novitiate year after he decided not to join the Order. He then returned to the Seminary of Guadalajara to pursue studies for the priesthood. He was named professor of Latin at the Seminary of Guadalajara in 1911, and occupied the post until 26 August 1913. He then went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University from October 1913 to July 1916, where he earned a doctorate of theology and a licentiate in canon law. For the next ten years, he served in a number of pastoral and professorial posts.

Episcopate

In 1929 the Archbishop of Guadalajara, José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, was expelled from the country during the course of the government's attempt to suppress the Catholic Church. Garibi accompanied him into exile in the United States. While on a visit to Rome, he was appointed the titular bishop of Roso and the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara on 16 December 1929. He and the archbishop were allowed to return to Mexico the following March, and he was consecrated on 7 May 1930, by the archbishop. He was appointed as Vicar general of the archdiocese on 1 January 1933. He was promoted to titular archbishop of Bizia and became the coadjutor bishop of Guadalajara. He succeeded to the metropolitan see of Guadalajara on 18 February 1936. He was elected as President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference for six consecutive terms.

Cardinal

Garibi was made a Cardinal Priest, with the titular church of San Onofrio in the consistory of 15 December 1958 by Pope John XXIII. He participated in the conclave of 1963 that elected Pope Paul VI.

Garibi resigned as archbishop on 1 March 1969. He died on 27 May 1972, of a pulmonary edema, and was buried in the crypt of his cathedral.

References

  • Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church: José Garibi y Rivera
  • Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Guadalajara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
  • Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 25 March 2018. (for Chronology of Bishops)self-published
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