On December 7, Pope Francis appointed Nanterre Bishop Michel Aupetit, 66, as the new archbishop of Paris, France, and Tlalnepantla Cardinal Carlos Aguiar, 67, as the new archbishop of Mexico City. Mexico City is the world’s largest diocese.
Mons Carlos Aguiar Retes, the newly-appointed cardinal of Mexico City, has been considered so close with the ruling PRI in EdoMex that the government there paid for his archdiocese’s catechism instructors
- Cardinal archbishop of Paris replaced today: 75 years, 1 month - Cardinal archbishop of Mexico City replaced today: 75 years, 6 months - Cardinal archbishop of Washington, still in office: 77 years, 1 month