Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey

Archdiocese of Monterrey

Archidioecesis Monterreyensis

Arquidiócesis de Monterrey
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey
Location
CountryMexico
Statistics
Area17,866 km2 (6,898 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2008)
6,809,345
5,146,211 (75.5%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana de
Nuestra Señora de Monterrey
(Metropolitan Cathedral of
Our Lady of Monterrey)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRogelio Cabrera López
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes
  • Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola
  • Heriberto Cavazos Pérez
  • Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal
  • Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán
  • José Manuel Garza Madero
  • César Garza Miranda
Bishops emeritusJosé Lizares Estrada
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The Archdiocese of Monterrey (Latin: Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a metropolitan see; its suffragan dioceses are the Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and Tampico.[1]

Palacio del Obispado was the archdiocese seat

History

The Diocese of Monterrey was erected by Papal Bull "Relata Semper" by Pope Pius VI on December 15, 1777. The diocese's territory was taken from the Dioceses of Mexico, Michoacan and, mainly, Guadalajara. It encompassed the modern states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Texas. It was first called the Diocese of Linares, then Linares-Monterrey. Its name was changed to Monterrey on June 9, 1922.[2][3]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  1. Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez † (1778–1779)
  2. Rafael José Verger y Suau (1782–1790)
  3. Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés (1791–1799)
  4. Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras (1801–1815)
  5. José Ignacio de Arancibia y Hormaguei (1817–1821)
  6. José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña (1831–1838)
  7. Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto (1842–1844)
  8. Jose Ignacio Sánchez Navarro (1851–1852)
  9. Francisco de Paula Verea y González (1853–1879) named Bishop of Tlaxcala
  10. José María Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1879–1884) named Bishop of San Luis Potosí
  11. Blasius Enciso (1884–1885)
  12. Jacinto López y Romo (1886–1895) named Archbishop of Guadalajara
  13. Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1895–1907)[4]
  14. Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1907–1911) named Archbishop of Michoacán
  15. Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1912–1920)
  16. José Juan de Jesús Herrera y Piña (1921–1927)
  17. José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1929–1940)
  18. Guillermo Tritschler y Córdova (1941–1952)
  19. Alfonso Espino y Silva (1952–1976)
  20. José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1976–1983)
  21. Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1983–2003) elevated to Cardinal in 1994
  22. Francisco Robles Ortega (2003–2011) named Archbishop of Guadalajara; elevated to Cardinal in 2007
  23. Rogelio Cabrera López (2012–present)

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

References

  1. ^ "Provincia Eclesiástica" (in Spanish). Archdiocese of Monterrey. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Historia: Inicios Siglo XVII Siglo XVIII" (in Spanish). Archdiocese of Monterrey. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. p. 383.
  4. ^ Benavides, Leopoldo Espinosa. "Los Templos de Monterrey. La Basílica de Guadalupe", Editora Regio, February 12, 2019
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