Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid

Archdiocese of Madrid Archidioecesis Matritensis Archidiócesis de Madrid
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Madrid
Statistics
Area	3,663 km2 (1,414 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 4,178,000 3,615,000 (86.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 March 1885 (As Diocese of Madrid) 25 March 1964 (As Archdiocese of Madrid) 23 July 1991(As Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Almudena in Madrid
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Carlos Osoro Sierra
Suffragans	Diocese of Alcalá de Henares Diocese of Getafe
Auxiliary Bishops	Juan Antonio Martínez Camino
Bishops emeritus	Antonio Rouco Varela Archbishop Emeritus (1994–2014)
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII. Initially, the territory that now makes up the Archdiocese was part of the Archdiocese of Toledo. It was raised to the level of an Archdiocese on 25 March 1964 by Pope Paul VI. Pope John Paul II gave the Archdiocese Metropolitan status on 23 July 1991, while creating two suffragan dioceses: Getafe and Alcalá de Henares. On 28 August 2014, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Antonio María Rouco Varela and appointed Carlos Osoro Sierra, until then Archbishop of Valencia, as Archbishop of Madrid.

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Madrid

• Narciso Martínez Izquierdo (1884–1886)
• Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (1886–1892)
• Jose María Cos y Macho (1892–1901)
• Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez (1901–1905)
• José Maria Salvador y Barrera (1905–1916)
• Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1916–1922)
• Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1922–1963)
• Casimiro Morcillo González (1964–1971), first Archbishop of Madrid
• Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1971–1983)
• Angel Suquía Goicoechea (1983–1994), first Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid
• Antonio Rouco Varela (1994–2014)
• Carlos Osoro Sierra (2014-)