Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey

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

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 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
  • Alfonso Espino y Silva (1951-1952)

Auxiliary bishops
  • José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1926-1929), appointed Archbishop here
  • José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1973-1976), appointed Archbishop here
  • Luis Reynoso Cervantes (1978-1982), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
  • Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones (1985-2000)
  • Gustavo Rodriguez Vega (2001-2008), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
  • Alfonso Cortés Contreras (2005-2009), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
  • José Lizares Estrada (2007-2009)
  • Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2009-2012), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
  • Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (2014-
  • Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes (2014-
  • Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (2016-
  • Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal (2016-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • José Guadalupe Galván Galindo, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí in 1994
  • Miguel Angel Alba Díaz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca in 1995
  • Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz in 2000
  • Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño, appointed Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in 2003
  • Ruy Rendón Leal, appointed Prelate of El Salto, Durango in 2005
  • Hilario González García, appointed Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León in 2014

See also
  • List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México

References
  1. "Archdiocese of Monterrey". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  • Archdiocese of Monterrey Website

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