- José Salazar López
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cardinal name=José Cardinal Salazar López
dipstyle=His Eminence
offstyle=Your Eminence
See=Guadalajara (emeritus )|José Cardinal Salazar López (
January 12 ,1910 —July 9 ,1991 ) was a Mexicanprelate of theRoman Catholic Church . He served as Archbishop of Guadalajara from 1970 to 1987, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.Biography
Born in Ameca,
Jalisco , José Salazar López studied at theseminary in Guadalajara and thePontifical Gregorian University inRome before being ordained to the priesthood onMay 26 ,1934 . He then did pastoral work in Guadalajara until 1961. During this time, Salazar led theconstruction of theConciliar Seminary of Guadalajara , where he later served as aprofessor andprefect of studies (1934-1944), vice-rector (1944-1950), and rector (1950-1961). He was made Apostolic Visitor to the seminaries inPuebla andDurango in 1958.On
May 22 ,1961 , Salazar was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora andTitular bishop of Prusias ad Hypium byPope John XXIII . He received his episcopal consecration on the followingAugust 20 fromJosé Cardinal Garibi y Rivera , with ArchbishopFrancisco Nuño y Guerrero and BishopJosé Anaya y Diez de Bonilla serving as co-consecrators. After attending theSecond Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, Salazar succeeded Anaya y Diez as Bishop of Zamora onSeptember 15 ,1967 . He was later named Archbishop of Guadalajara onFebruary 21 ,1970 .Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of "S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza" in theconsistory ofMarch 5 ,1973 . Salazar once served asPresident of the MexicanEpiscopal Conference , and was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectfully. He resigned as Guadalajara's archbishop onMay 15 ,1987 , and lost the right to participate in another conclave upon reaching age 80 onJanuary 12 ,1990 .The Cardinal died from a heart attack [New York Times. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE7DB1630F931A25754C0A967958260 Jose Salazar Lopez; Mexican Cardinal, 81]
July 12 ,1991 ] in Guadalajara, at the age of 81. He is buried in the metropolitan cathedral of the same city.References
External links
* [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-s.htm#Salazar Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsalazar.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
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