Luis Morales Reyes


Luis Morales Reyes
Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí
SeeSan Luis Potosí
Installed18 March 1999
Term ended3 April 2012
PredecessorArturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez
SuccessorJesús Carlos Cabrero Romero
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro (1976–1979)
Titular Bishop of Burca (1976–1979)
Bishop of Tacámbaro (1979–1985)
Bishop of Torreón (1990–1999)
Orders
Ordination2 December 1962
Consecration4 May 1976
by José Abraham Martínez Betancourt
Personal details
Born
Luis Morales Reyes

(1936-07-05)5 July 1936
Died2 February 2024(2024-02-02) (aged 87)
San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
DenominationRoman Catholic
Styles of
Luis Morales Reyes
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Luis Morales Reyes (5 July 1936 – 2 February 2024) was a Roman Catholic archbishop-emeritus of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí. He was succeeded by Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero as archbishop of San Luis Potosí on 3 April 2012.

Biography

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Luis Morales Reyes earned a licentiate in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Tacámbaro on 2 December 1962, and worked there, among other things, as an advisor to the Christian family movement. Morales later served on the diocesan pastoral council. Pope Paul VI appointed him auxiliary bishop in Tacámbaro and titular bishop of Burca on March 8, 1976. The Bishop of Tacámbaro, José Abraham Martínez Betancourt, gave him episcopal ordination on 4 May of the same year in the Cathedral of San Jerónimo in Tacámbaro de Codallos; Co-consecrators were Mario Pio Gaspari, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, and Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez, Vicar Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur. From 1983 to 1985, Morales Reyes was a member of the Commission for the Clergy of the Mexican Bishops' Conference, before serving as Treasurer of the Bishops' Conference until 1991. Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Tacámbaro on 5 June 1979. On 19 February 1985, he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Torreón and installed on April 20 of the same year. After Fernando Romo Gutiérrez retired, he succeeded him as Bishop of Torreón on 27 June 1990. In 1996 he succeeded the late Manuel Pérez-Gil y González as Vice President of the Mexican Bishops' Conference, and in 1997 and 2000 he was elected president for a term of three years each. On January 20, 1999, he was appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí and inaugurated on March 18 of the same year. On 3 April 2012, Pope Benedict XVI. the request for resignation submitted by Luis Morales Reyes for reasons of age. Reyes died on 2 February 2024, at the age of 87.[1]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Archbishop of San Luis Potosí
March 18, 1999 – April 3, 2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Torreón
1990–1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Titular Bishop of Burca
1976–1979
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro
1976–1979
Succeeded by