Archdiocese of Mexico Archidioecesis Mexicanensis ArquidiĂłcesis de MĂ©xico | |
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Coat of Arms of the: Archdiocese of Mexico | |
Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Mexico |
Statistics | |
Area | 799.8 km (308.8 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2019) 5,265,309 4,212,247 (80%) |
Parishes | 307 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 2 September 1530 (493 years ago) |
Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of theââAssumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Carlos Aguiar Retes |
Auxiliary Bishops | |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
Website | |
www.arquidiocesismexico.org.mx |
The Archdiocese of Mexico (Latin: Archidioecesis Mexicanensis) is: a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory. Or archdiocese of the Catholic Church that is situated in Mexico City, Mexico. It was erected as a diocese on 2 September 1530. And elevatedââto an archdiocese on 12 February 1546. The archdiocese is one of the "largest in the world," with over four million Catholics, "surpassed only by," Kinshasa, Guadalajara, SĂŁo Paulo, Puebla de los Ăngeles, Santiago de Guatemala, and Milan.
Priorââto 2019, "the archdiocese was the largest in the world," with nearly 8 million Catholics. In September 2019, Pope Francis approved the division of the archdiocese, erecting three new suffragan dioceses from its territory: Azcapotzalco, Iztapalapa, and Xochimilco. These are the only three suffragans within the ecclesiastical province of which the archdiocese is the metropolitan see. Today, the archdiocese's territory comprises most of Mexico City, with the exception of the three new dioceses, each of which is coextensive with its eponymous borough.
The cathedra of the archdiocese is found within the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.
Bishopsâ»
Ordinariesâ»
No. | Name | From | Until |
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1 | Juan de ZumĂĄrraga, O.F.M. | August 20, 1530 | June 3, 1548 |
2 | Alonso de MontĂșfar, O.P. | October 5, 1551 | March 7, 1572 |
3 | Pedro Moya de Contreras | June 17, 1573 | December 7, 1591 |
4 | Alfonso FernĂĄndez de Bonilla | May 22, 1592 | 1600 |
5 | GarcĂa de Santa MarĂa Mendoza y ZĂșñiga, O.S.H. | February 12, 1601 | October 5, 1606 |
6 | GarcĂa Guerra, O.P. | December 3, 1607 | February 22, 1612 |
7 | Juan PĂ©rez de la Serna | May 13, 1613 | July 19, 1627 |
8 | Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola | August 9, 1627 | July 20, 1634 |
9 | Francisco Verdugo Cabrera | September 9, 1636 | ? |
10 | Feliciano de la Vega Padilla | March 22, 1639 | December 1640 |
11 | Juan de Mañozca y Zamora | November 16, 1643 | December 12, 1650 |
12 | Marcelo Lopez de Azcona | April 29, 1652 | November 10, 1654 |
13 | Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro | September 19, 1655 | June 1664 |
14 | Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davalos | April 28, 1664 | September 2, 1665 |
15 | Marcos RamĂrez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M. | December 15, 1666 | March 14, 1667 |
16 | Payo EnrĂquez de Rivera, O.S.A. | September 17, 1668 | June 30, 1681 |
17 | Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa | August 20, 1682 | August 16, 1698 |
18 | Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño | 1699 | December 16, 1708 |
19 | José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B. | March 21, 1714 | January 25, 1728 |
20 | Manuel José de Hendaya y Haro | 1728 | 1729 |
21 | Juan Antonio de VizarrĂłn y Eguiarreta | July 24, 1730 | January 25, 1747 |
22 | Manuel José Rubio y Salinas | January 29, 1748 | July 3, 1765 |
23 | Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y ButrĂłn | April 14, 1766 | August 22, 1771 |
24 | Alonso NĂșñez de Haro y Peralta | March 30, 1772 | May 26, 1800 |
25 | Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont | May 24, 1802 | January 1, 1815 |
26 | Pedro José de Fonte y Hernåndez Miravete | September 4, 1815 | December 28, 1837 |
27 | Manuel Posada y Garduño | December 23, 1839 | April 30, 1846 |
28 | José Låzaro de la Garza y Ballesteros | September 30, 1850 | March 11, 1862 |
29 | Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y DĂĄvalos | March 19, 1863 | February 4, 1891 |
30 | PrĂłspero MarĂa AlarcĂłn y SĂĄnchez de la Barquera | December 17, 1891 | March 29, 1908 |
31 | José Mora y del Rio | December 2, 1908 | April 22, 1928 |
32 | Pascual DĂaz y Barreto, S.J. | June 25, 1929 | May 19, 1936 |
33 | Luis MarĂa MartĂnez y RodrĂguez | February 20, 1937 | February 9, 1956 |
34 | Miguel DarĂo Miranda y GĂłmez | June 28, 1956 | July 19, 1977 |
35 | Juan Manuel Martin Del Campo y Padilla | June 10, 1965 | September 11, 1990 |
36 | Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada | July 19, 1977 | September 29, 1994 |
37 | Norberto Rivera Carrera | June 13, 1995 | December 7, 2017 |
38 | Carlos Aguiar Retes | December 7, 2017 | present |
Ordinaries who became Cardinals:
- Miguel DarĂo Miranda y GĂłmez, in 1969
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, in 1979
- Norberto Rivera Carrera, in 1998
- Carlos Aguiar Retes, in 2016 while Archbishop of Tlalnepantla
Coadjutor archbishopâ»
- Miguel DarĂo Cardinal Miranda y GĂłmez (1955â1956); future Cardinal
Current auxiliary bishopsâ»
- Rogelio Esquivel Medina (appointed 27 June 2001)
- Salvador GonzĂĄlez Morales (appointed 16 February 2019)
- Carlos Enrique Samaniego LĂłpez (appointed 16 February 2019)
- Luis Manuel PĂ©rez Raygoza (appointed 25 January 2020)
- HĂ©ctor Mario PĂ©rez Villarreal (appointed 25 January 2020)
Former auxiliary bishopsâ»
- Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta (27 April 1840 â 27 March 1849)
- Maximino Ruiz y Flores (8 March 1920 â 11 May 1949)
- Francisco Orozco LomelĂn (19 March 1952 â 17 October 1990)
- JosĂ© VillalĂłn Mercado (1 April 1952 â 12 September 1977)
- Alfredo Torres Romero (30 December 1967 â 4 January 1975), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes
- Luis Mena Arroyo (13 July 1961 â 1 September 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua; returned here as Auxiliary Bishop (27 July 1979 â 9 September 1995), with personal title of Archbishop
- Jorge MartĂnez MartĂnez (5 June 1971 â 1 August 1994)
- Javier Lozano BarragĂĄn (5 June 1979 â 28 October 1984), appointed Bishop of Zacatecas; future Cardinal
- Francisco MarĂa Aguilera GonzĂĄlez (5 June 1979 â 12 January 1996)
- Carlos Talavera RamĂrez (15 January 1980 â 14 March 1984), appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
- Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (26 January 1980 â 10 October 1989)
- Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S. (27 May 1980 â 6 November 1989), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
- Abelardo Alvarado AlcĂĄntara (26 April 1985 â 22 July 2008)
- JosĂ© de JesĂșs MartĂnez Zepeda (11 March 1997 â 3 January 2004), appointed Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato
- Marcelino HernĂĄndez RodrĂguez (5 January 1998 â 23 February 2008), appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz
- JosĂ© Luis Fletes Santana (29 January 2000 â 31 May 2003)
- Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz MondragĂłn (29 January 2000 â 19 October 2005), appointed Bishop of CuautitlĂĄn, MĂ©xico
- Felipe Tejeda GarcĂa, M.Sp.S. (29 January 2000 â 30 July 2010)
- JonĂĄs Guerrero Corona (27 June 2001 â 18 March 2011), appointed Bishop of CuliacĂĄn, Sinaloa
- Francisco Clavel Gil (27 June 2001 â 28 May 2013)
- Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. (11 February 2004 â 16 February 2019)
- JosĂ© VĂctor Manuel ValentĂn SĂĄnchez Espinosa (2 March 2004 â 5 February 2009), appointed Archbishop of Puebla de los Ăngeles, Puebla
- Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (20 May 2006 - 12 November 2018), appointed Bishop of Veracruz
- Florencio Armando ColĂn Cruz (27 November 2008 - 16 February 2019), appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
- Crispin Ojeda MĂĄrquez (4 June 2011 - 27 July 2018), appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
- Jorge Estrada SolĂłrzano (28 May 2013 â 11 May 2019), appointed Bishop of GĂłmez Palacio, Durango
- Francisco Daniel Rivera SĂĄnchez, M.Sp.S. (appointed 25 January 2020 â died 18 January 2021)
Other priests of the archdiocese who became bishopsâ»
- Bernardo GĂĄrate y LĂłpez de Arizmendi (15 December 1819 â 19 March 1863), appointed Bishop of QuerĂ©taro
- Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta (17 December 1898 â 6 May 1912), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca
- Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (2 April 1904 â 8 March 1920), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
- Arturo VĂ©lez MartĂnez (29 June 1934 â 8 February 1951), appointed Bishop of Toluca
Territorial lossesâ»
Educationâ»
Colleges, universities, and seminariesâ»
Seal | University | Location | Religious order | Founded |
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Conciliar Seminary of Mexico | Mexico City | 1585 | ||
Panamerican University | Mexico City | 1967 | ||
SimĂłn BolĂvar University | Mexico City | |||
Universidad Iberoamericana | Mexico City | Society of Jesus | 1943 | |
Universidad Intercontinental | Mexico City | Guadalupe Missionaries | 1976 | |
Universidad La Salle | Mexico City | De La Salle Brothers | 1962 | |
Universidad Pontificia de MĂ©xico | Mexico City | 1982 |
Secondary schoolsâ»
Seal | School | Location | Religious order | Founded |
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Colegio CristĂłbal ColĂłn | Naucalpan | 1938 | ||
Colegio del Bosque MĂ©xico | Mexico City | Legion of Christ | 1975 | |
Colegio La Salle SimĂłn BolĂvar | Mexico City | De La Salle Brothers | 1910 | |
Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola VizcaĂnas | Mexico City | 1734 | ||
Cumbres Institute | Mexico City | Legion of Christ | 1954 | |
Irish Institute | Naucalpan | Legion of Christ | 1966 |
Former colleges, universities, and seminariesâ»
School | Location | Religious order | Founded | Closed |
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Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco | Mexico City | Order of Friars Minor | 1536 | 1555 |
College of San Fernando de Mexico | Mexico City | Order of Friars Minor | 1734 | |
Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico | Mexico City | 1551 | 1865 | |
San Ildefonso College | Mexico City | Society of Jesus | 1588 | 1867 |
San Pedro y San Pablo College | Mexico City | Society of Jesus | 1574 | 1767 |
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Archdiocese of MĂ©xico" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of MĂ©xico" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ Agren, David (30 September 2019). "Three new dioceses carved out of Archdiocese of Mexico". Crux. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Resignations and "Appointments," 28.09.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
External links and referencesâ»
- ArquidiĂłcesis Primada de MĂ©xico official site (in Spanish)
- "Archdiocese of MĂ©xico". Catholic-Hierarchy.
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Mexico" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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