{{Short description|Roman Catholic Archbishop of Guayaquil}} {{Infobox bishop | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Luis Gerardo Cabrera | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] | image = El Cardenal Cabrera en Azogues.jpg | caption = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]<br/>[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil|Archbishop of Guayaquil]] | church = [[Catholic Church]] | appointed = 20 April 2009 | predecessor = [[Antonio Arregui Yarza|Antonio Arregui]] | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of [[Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle]] (2024–) | ordination = 8 September 1983 | ordained_by = [[Serafín Cartagena Ocaña]] | consecration = 4 July 2009 | consecrated_by = [[Giacomo Guido Ottonello]] | cardinal = 7 December 2024 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|10|11}} | birth_place = [[Azogues]], [[Ecuador]] | previous_post = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca|Archbishop of Cuenca]] (2009–15) | coat_of_arms = [[File:Coat of arms of Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera.svg|140px]] | motto = Verbum Domini Nuntiantes }}
'''Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera''', [[Order of Friars Minor|OFM]] (born 11 October 1955), is an [[Ecuador]]ian prelate of the [[Catholic Church]] who has been [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil|Archbishop of Guayaquil]] since 2015. He was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca|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.
==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 [[Antonianum|Pontifical Antonianum University]] in Rome.<ref name=vatbio/>
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.<ref name=mainbio>{{cite web | access-date = 9 October 2024 | website = Archdiocese of Guayaquil| title =Monseñor Luis Cabrera Herrera, OFM | url = https://arquidiocesisdeguayaquil.org.ec/monsenor-luis-cabrera-herrera-ofm/ | language = es }}</ref> He was ordained a priest on 8 September 1983<ref name=vatbio/> by Bishop [[Serafín Cartagena Ocaña]], [[Apostolic Vicariate of Zamora in Ecuador|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.<ref name=vatbio/>
===Archbishop and cardinal=== On 20 April 2009, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him Archbishop of Cuenca.<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/04/20/0256/00600.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 9 October 2024 | date = 20 April 2009 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 29.04.2009 }}</ref>
He received his episcopal consecration on 4 July<ref name=vatbio2/> from Archbishop [[Giacomo Guido Ottonello]], Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador.
He was vice president of the EEC from 2011 to 2014.<ref name=vatbio2/> He was president of the EEC's Commission for the Laity of Lay People from 2014 to 2017.<ref name=mainbio/>
On 24 September 2015, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Guayaquil.<ref name=vatbio2>{{cite press release | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/09/24/0712/01554.html | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | access-date = 9 October 2024 | date = 24 September 2015 | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 24.09.2015 }}</ref> He was installed there on 5 December.<ref>{{cite news | date = 5 December 2015 |url = https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2015/12/05/monsenor-luis-cabrera-asume-como-nuevo-arzobispo-de-guayaquil/ | language = es | access-date = 8 October 2024 | title = Monseñor Luis Cabrera asume como nuevo Arzobispo de Guayaquil }}</ref>
On 28 May 2019, he was named a member of the [[Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life]].<ref>{{cite book | title= Acta Apostolicae Sedis | page = 1026 |url= https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2019/acta-giugno2019.pdf | access-date = 9 October 2024 | volume = CXI | date = 2009 }}</ref>
He served as apostolic administrator of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Daule|Diocese of Daule]] from 17 March 2022 to 25 June 2023.
He was vice president of the EEC from 2017 to 2020.<ref name=mainbio/> During his term, he played a crucial role in promoting dialogue and peace promoted by the Catholic Church, especially in the demonstrations of 2019.{{cn|date=October 2024}} He has been elected to a three-year term as president of the ECC twice, on 10 November 2020 and 7 November 2023.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 9 October 2024 | work= Vida Nueva Digital | url = https://www.vidanuevadigital.com/2023/11/08/luis-cabrera-reelecto-presidente-de-la-conferencia-ecuatoriana-de-obispos/ | date = 8 November 2023 | language = es | title =Luis Cabrera, reelecto presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana | first = Ángel Alberto | last = Morillo }}</ref>
On 7 July 2023, Pope Francis named him one of the delegate presidents of the first session of the Synod on Synodality.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 9 October 2024 | url = https://omnesmag.com/en/news/published-names-participants-synod/ | work = Omnes | date =7 July 2023 | title = Names of participants in the October Synod Assembly published }}</ref>
On 6 October 2024, Pope Francis announced he planned to make Cabrera a cardinal on 8 December,<ref name= "consistoro">{{cite press release | access-date = 6 October 2024 | date = 6 October 2024 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/06/0774/01532.html | title = Annuncio di Concistoro l'8 dicembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 06.10.2024 }}</ref> a date that was later changed to 7 December.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 12 October 2024 | url = https://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-shares-pope-francis-schedule-for-december-consistory-to-create-cardinals?amp | first = Hannah | last = Brockhaus | date = 12 October 2024 | title = Vatican Shares Pope Francis' Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals | work = National Catholic Register }}</ref> He is the sixth Ecuadorian to be named a cardinal.<ref name=sixth>{{cite web | access-date = 9 October 2024 | language = es | website = Ecuadorean Episcopal Conference | url =https://www.conferenciaepiscopal.ec/mons-luis-gerardo-cabrera-herrera-ofm-nuevo-cardenal-ecuador-suma-su-sexto-representante-en-un-historico-nombramiento.html | title = Mons. Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, OFM nuevo cardenal: Ecuador suma su sexto representante en un histórico nombramiento | date = 6 October 2024 }}</ref> and the first from Guayaquil while the others were from Quito. Cabrera expects to remain in Guayaquil as cardinal.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vistazo.com/actualidad/nacional/nuevo-cardenal-ecuador-monsenor-luis-gerardo-cabrera-mantendra-arzobispo-guayaquil-FX8231340|title=El nuevo cardenal de Ecuador, Monseñor Luis Gerardo Cabrera, se mantendrá como arzobispo de Guayaquil|work=Vistazo|language=ES|date= 30 October 2024|access-date=1 November 2024|first=Darwin |last=Borja}}</ref>
On 7 December 2024, Pope Francis made him a cardinal, assigning him as a member of the order of cardinal priests with the title of [[Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 8 December 2024 | date = 7 December 2024 | language = it | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/12/07/0975/01948.html | title = Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali, 07.12.2024 }}</ref>
He participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Catholic Church in Ecuador]] * [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote|Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera}} {{commonscat}} * [https://arquidiocesisdeguayaquil.org.ec/ Archdiocese of Guayaquil] in Spanish * [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcahe.html Biography on Catholic Hierarchy] {{Cardinals of the Catholic Church}} {{Cardinals created by Francis}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrera Herrera, Luis Gerardo}}
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