Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán

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Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán (born 4 November 1939) is a Mexican Catholic prelate who served as of Bishop of Tijuana from 1983 to 1995, and later Archbishop of Yucatán from 1995 to 2015.

Biography

Berlie was ordained by Pope Paul VI as a priest on 3 July 1966.[1] He was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Bishop of Tijuana on 3 June 1983. The apostolic nuncio in Mexico, Girolamo Prigione, consecrated him as a bishop on 25 July of the same year. Berlie's co-consecrators were Salvador Quezada Limón, Bishop of Aguascalientes, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Bishop of Cuernavaca.

On 15 March 1995, Berlie was appointed Archbishop of Yucatán and inaugurated on 29 April. In 2013, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as a member of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.[2] In 2015, Berlie retired as archbishop and Pope Francis accepted his retirement on 1 June.[3]

References

  1. 1."Da gracias monseñor Berlie". Diario de Yucatán. 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023.
  2. 2."Nomina di Membri della Pontificia Commissione per l'America Latina". Holy See Press Office. 23 February 2013.
  3. 3."Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Yucatán (Messico) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.