# Luis Cabrera Herrera

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luis_Cabrera_Herrera
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luis_Cabrera_Herrera.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Cabrera_Herrera
> Source revision: 1340932928
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Guayaquil

His Eminence Luis Gerardo Cabrera OFM Cardinal Archbishop of Guayaquil Church Catholic Church Appointed 20 April 2009 Predecessor Antonio Arregui Other post Cardinal-Priest of Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle (2024–) Previous post Archbishop of Cuenca (2009–15) Orders Ordination 8 September 1983 by Serafín Cartagena Ocaña Consecration 4 July 2009 by Giacomo Guido Ottonello Created cardinal 7 December 2024 by Pope Francis Rank Cardinal-Priest Personal details Born (1955-10-11) 11 October 1955 (age 70) Azogues, Ecuador Motto Verbum Domini Nuntiantes Coat of arms

**Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera**, [OFM](/source/Order_of_Friars_Minor) (born 11 October 1955), is an [Ecuadorian](/source/Ecuador) prelate of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) who has been [Archbishop of Guayaquil](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Guayaquil) since 2015. He was [Archbishop of Cuenca](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Cuenca) from 2009 to 2015. He has been president of the [Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference](/source/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](/source/Pope_Francis) made Cabrera a cardinal.

## Biography

### Early years

Luis Cabrera Herrera was born on 11 October 1955 in [Azogues](/source/Azogues). He studied at the Franciscan minor seminaries there and in Quito, followed by philosophy and theology at the [Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador](/source/Pontifical_Catholic_University_of_Ecuador). He earned his doctorate in philosophy at the [Pontifical Antonianum University](/source/Antonianum) 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](/source/Seraf%C3%ADn_Cartagena_Oca%C3%B1a), [Vicar Apostolic of Zamora](/source/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Zamora_in_Ecuador), 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](/source/Pope_Benedict_XVI) appointed him Archbishop of Cuenca.[1]

He received his episcopal consecration on 4 July[3] from Archbishop [Giacomo Guido Ottonello](/source/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](/source/Congregation_for_Institutes_of_Consecrated_Life_and_Societies_of_Apostolic_Life).[5]

He served as apostolic administrator of the [Diocese of Daule](/source/Roman_Catholic_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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: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 Ecuadorian 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 with the title of [Sacra Famiglia di Nazareth a Centocelle](/source/Sacra_Famiglia_di_Nazareth_a_Centocelle).[12]

He participated as a [cardinal elector](/source/Cardinal_electors_in_the_2025_papal_conclave) in the [2025 papal conclave](/source/2025_papal_conclave) that elected [Pope Leo XIV](/source/Pope_Leo_XIV).[13]

## See also

- [Catholic Church in Ecuador](/source/Catholic_Church_in_Ecuador)

- [Cardinals created by Pope Francis](/source/Cardinals_created_by_Pope_Francis)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vatbio_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vatbio_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-vatbio_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-vatbio_1-3) ["Rinunce e Nomine, 29.04.2009"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2009/04/20/0256/00600.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mainbio_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mainbio_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mainbio_2-2) ["Monseñor Luis Cabrera Herrera, OFM"](https://arquidiocesisdeguayaquil.org.ec/monsenor-luis-cabrera-herrera-ofm/). *Archdiocese of Guayaquil* (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-vatbio2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-vatbio2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-vatbio2_3-2) ["Rinunce e Nomine, 24.09.2015"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2015/09/24/0712/01554.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Monseñor Luis Cabrera asume como nuevo Arzobispo de Guayaquil"](https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2015/12/05/monsenor-luis-cabrera-asume-como-nuevo-arzobispo-de-guayaquil/) (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Acta Apostolicae Sedis*](https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/2019/acta-giugno2019.pdf) (PDF). Vol. CXI. 2009. p. 1026. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Morillo, Ángel Alberto (8 November 2023). ["Luis Cabrera, reelecto presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana"](https://www.vidanuevadigital.com/2023/11/08/luis-cabrera-reelecto-presidente-de-la-conferencia-ecuatoriana-de-obispos/). *Vida Nueva Digital* (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Names of participants in the October Synod Assembly published"](https://omnesmag.com/en/news/published-names-participants-synod/). *Omnes*. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-consistoro_8-0)** ["Annuncio di Concistoro l'8 dicembre per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 06.10.2024"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/06/0774/01532.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Brockhaus, Hannah (12 October 2024). ["Vatican Shares Pope Francis' Schedule for December Consistory to Create Cardinals"](https://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-shares-pope-francis-schedule-for-december-consistory-to-create-cardinals?amp). *National Catholic Register*. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sixth_10-0)** ["Mons. Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, OFM nuevo cardenal: Ecuador suma su sexto representante en un histórico nombramiento"](https://www.conferenciaepiscopal.ec/mons-luis-gerardo-cabrera-herrera-ofm-nuevo-cardenal-ecuador-suma-su-sexto-representante-en-un-historico-nombramiento.html). *Ecuadorean Episcopal Conference* (in Spanish). 6 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Borja, Darwin (30 October 2024). ["El nuevo cardenal de Ecuador, Monseñor Luis Gerardo Cabrera, se mantendrá como arzobispo de Guayaquil"](https://www.vistazo.com/actualidad/nacional/nuevo-cardenal-ecuador-monsenor-luis-gerardo-cabrera-mantendra-arzobispo-guayaquil-FX8231340). *Vistazo* (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali, 07.12.2024"](https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2024/12/07/0975/01948.html) (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Cardinal Electors"](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html). Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 6 May 2025. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html) from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.

## External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to ***[Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Luis_Gerardo_Cabrera_Herrera)***.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Luis Cabrera Herrera](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Luis_Cabrera_Herrera).

- [Archdiocese of Guayaquil](https://arquidiocesisdeguayaquil.org.ec/) in Spanish

- [Biography on Catholic Hierarchy](https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcahe.html)

v t e College of Cardinals List of current cardinals Cardinals of the Catholic Church under Pope Leo XIV in order of precedence Cardinal bishops Re Sandri Arinze Bertone Martins Parolin Ouellet Filoni Stella Tagle Raï Sako Cardinal priests Kitbunchu Poupard Wetter López Rodríguez Mahony Darmaatmadja Wamala Maida Puljić Sandoval Stafford De Giorgi Rouco Schönborn Rivera Pujats Sepe Kasper Bačkis Errázuriz Napier Rodríguez Cipriani Herranz Scola Okogie Zubeir Wako Rigali Antonelli Turkson Bozanić Barbarin Erdő Rodé Vallini Rosales Ricard Cañizares O'Malley Dziwisz Zen Lajolo Comastri Ryłko Farina Brady Martínez Sistach Bagnasco Sarr Gracias Robles DiNardo Scherer Njue Sarah Monterisi Burke Koch Piacenza Ravasi Romeo Wuerl Assis Nycz Ranjith Marx Brandmüller de Castro Abril Vegliò Bertello Coccopalmerio Aviz O'Brien Calcagno Versaldi Alencherry Collins Eijk Betori Dolan Woelki Tong Harvey Thottunkal Onaiyekan Salazar Baldisseri Müller Nichols Brenes Lacroix Kutwa Tempesta Bassetti Poli Yeom Ezzati Ouédraogo Quevedo Langlois Clemente Souraphiel Dew Nguyễn Suárez Bo Kovithavanij Montenegro Sturla Blázquez Lacunza Gomes Furtado Mafi Villalba Langa Nzapalainga Osoro Rocha Cupich D'Rozario Porras De Kesel Piat Aguiar Retes Ribat Tobin Zerbo Omella Arborelius Mangkhanekhoun Rosa De Donatis Coutts Marto Barreto Tsarahazana Petrocchi Maeda Ticona Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo García Ambongo Besungu Hollerich Ramazzini Zuppi López Romero Tamkevičius Kambanda Gregory Advincula Aós Lojudice Arizmendi Aveline Okpaleke Steiner Ferrão McElroy do Carmo da Silva Cantoni Poola Costa Goh Martínez Flores Marengo Jiménez Miglio Pizzaballa Brislin Rossi Rueda Ryś Mulla Cobo Rugambwa Francis Chow Bustillo Alves Aguiar Padrón Castillo Bokalic Cabrera Chomalí Kikuchi David Nemet Spengler Bessi Dogbo Vesco Mathieu Repole Reina Leo Bychok Battaglia Cardinal deacons Mamberti Zenari Farrell Simoni Ladaria Becciu Krajewski Bocos Mendonça Czerny Fitzgerald Grech Semeraro Gambetti Tomasi Cantalamessa Feroci Roche You Vérgez Ghirlanda Frezza Gugerotti Fernández Pierre Fernández Artime Marchetto Acerbi Makrickas Radcliffe Baggio Koovakad Cardinals ineligible to participate in a papal conclave in italics See also: Titular Titular church List of titular churches List of creations of cardinals Category Media Catholic Church portal

v t e Cardinals created by Francis 2014 Parolin Baldisseri Müller Stella Nichols Brenes Lacroix Kutwa Tempesta Bassetti Poli Yeom Ezzati Ouédraogo Quevedo Langlois Capovilla Aguilar Felix 2015 Mamberti Clemente Souraphiel Dew Menichelli Nhơn Suárez Inda Bo Kovitvanit Montenegro Sturla Blázquez Lacunza Gomes Furtado Mafi Pimiento De Magistris Rauber Villalba Langa 2016 Zenari Nzapalainga Osoro da Rocha Cupich D'Rozario Porras De Kesel Piat Farrell Aguiar Retes Ribat Tobin Fernandez Corti Khoarai Simoni 2017 Zerbo Omella Arborelius Mangkhanekhoun Rosa 2018 Sako Ladaria De Donatis Becciu Krajewski Coutts Marto Barreto Tsarahazana Petrocchi Maeda Obeso Ticona Bocos 2019 Ayuso de Mendonça Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo García Ambongo Hollerich Ramazzini Zuppi López Czerny Fitzgerald Tamkevičius Dal Corso 2020 Grech Semeraro Kambanda Gregory Advincula Aós Braco Sim Lojudice Gambetti Arizmendi Tomasi Cantalamessa Feroci 2022 Roche You Vérgez Aveline Okpaleke Steiner Ferrão McElroy do Carmo da Silva Cantoni Poola Costa Baawobr Goh Martínez Flores Marengo Jimenéz Miglio Ghirlanda Frezza 2023 Prevost Gugerotti Fernández Tscherrig Pierre Pizzaballa Brislin Rossi Rueda Ryś Mulla Cobo Rugambwa Francis Chow Bustillo Alves Aguiar Fernández Artime Marchetto Padrón Dri 2024 Acerbi Castillo Bokalic Cabrera Chomali Kikuchi David Nemet Spengler Bessi Dogbo Vesco Mathieu Repole Reina Leo Makrickas Bychok Radcliffe Baggio Koovakad Battaglia Catholic Church portal

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Luis Cabrera Herrera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Cabrera_Herrera) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Cabrera_Herrera?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.