Luis Robles Díaz (6 March 1938 – 7 April 2007) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.
Biography
Luis Robles Díaz was born in El Grullo, Mexico, on 6 March 1938.[1] He was ordained a priest on 14 April 1963.
To prepare for a diplomatic career he entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1965.[2] He entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1967 and fulfilled assignments in Honduras, South Africa, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, and Colombia.[1]
On 16 February 1985, Pope John Paul II named him a titular archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan, and Apostolic Delegate to the Red Sea Region.[3] He received his episcopal consecration from Cardinal Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada on 9 April 1985.[4]
On 13 March 1990, Pope John Paul appointed him Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Uganda.[5]
On 6 March 1999, Pope John Paul named him Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba.[6]
On 4 October 2003, he was named Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.[7]
Robles Diáz died in the Vatican on 7 April 2007 at the age of 69.[1]
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