Adalberto Martínez Flores


Adalberto Martínez Flores
Cardinal, Archbishop of Asunción
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseAsunción
Appointed17 February 2022
Installed6 March 2022
PredecessorEdmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid
Other post(s)President of the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (2018-)
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (2018-)
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Tatilti (1997-2000)
Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (1997-2000)
Bishop of San Lorenzo (2000-07)
Bishop of San Pedro (2007-12)
General Secretary of the Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (2011-15)
Military Ordinary of Paraguay (2012-18)
Bishop of Villarrica (2018-22)
Orders
Ordination24 August 1985
by Seán Patrick O'Malley
Consecration8 November 1997
by Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos
Created cardinal27 August 2022
by Francis
RankCardinal Priest
Personal details
Born
Adalberto Martínez Flores

(1951-07-08) 8 July 1951
Alma materUniversidad Nacional de Asunción
Pontifical Lateran University
MottoUt omnes unum sint
("That they may all be one")
Coat of arms

Adalberto Martínez Flores (born 8 July 1951) is a Paraguayan prelate of the Catholic Church who was named as the Archbishop of Asunción in 2022. He has been a bishop since 1997.

Flores was created a cardinal by Pope Francis at a consistory on 27 August 2022. He is the first cardinal from Paraguay.