Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey

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Archdiocese of Monterrey

Archidioecesis Monterreyensis

Arquidiócesis de Monterrey
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey, current archdiocese seat
Location
Country Mexico
Statistics
Area17,866 km2 (6,898 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2008)
6,809,345
5,146,211 (75.5%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
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 BishopsJuan Armando Pérez Talamantes

Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola

Heriberto Cavazos Pérez

Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal
Bishops emeritusJosé Lizares Estrada
Map

The Archdiocese of Monterrey (Latin: Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a Metropolitan Archdiocese; its suffragans dioceses include the dioceses of 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 and finally, on June 9, 1922, Monterrey.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  1. Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez, OFM † (1778–1779)
  2. Rafael José Verger y Suau, OFM (1782–1790)
  3. Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés, OFM (1791–1799)
  4. Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras, OFM (1801–1815)
  5. José Ignacio de Arancibia y Hormaguei, OFM (1817–1821)
  6. José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña, OFM (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, OSA (1884–1885)
  12. Jacinto López y Romo (1886–1899) named Archbishop of Guadalajara
  13. Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1900–1907)
  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–)

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Monterrey". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey.
  • Archdiocese of Monterrey Website [1]

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