Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia (Latin: Archidioecesis Moreliensis) (erected 11 August 1536 as the Diocese of Michoacán) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in western central Mexico.[1][2]

Archdiocese of Morelia

Archidioecesis Moreliensis

Arquidiócesis de Morelia
Catedral de San Salvador
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Morelia
Statistics
Area6,952 sq mi (18,010 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
2,612,360
2,455,618 (94%)
Parishes236
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 August 1536 (483 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Transfiguration,
Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopCarlos Garfias Merlos
Auxiliary BishopsCarlos Suárez Cázares
Juan Espinoza Jiménez
J. Victor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma
Herculano Medina Garfias
Bishops emeritusAlberto Suárez Inda (archbishop); Octavio Villegas Aguilar (auxiliary)
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesismorelia.mx

The cathedral archiepiscopal see is at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, a minor World Heritage Site, in the city of Morelia, capital of Michoacán state. It also has a Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud, in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán de Ocampo.

History
  • It was established on 11 August 1536 as Diocese of Michoacán, on territory split off from the then Diocese of México.
  • It lost territory repeatedly: on 1548.07.13 to establish the then Diocese of Guadalajara, on 1777.12.15 to establish the Diocese of Linares and on 1854.08.31 to establish the Diocese of San Luis Potosí.
  • It was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán by Pope Pius IX on 26 January 1863, having lost territory to establish the Diocese of León and the Diocese of Querétaro.
  • It lost territory again on 1863.03.16 to establish the Diocese of Chilapa and on 1913.07.26 to establish the Diocese of Tacámbaro
  • It was renamed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia after its see on 22 November 1924.
  • It lost territory again on 1973.10.13 to establish the Diocese of Celaya and on 2004 to establish the Diocese of Irapuato
  • In January 2015, Pope Francis created Morelia's archbishop, Alberto Suárez Inda, the archdiocese's first Cardinal. According to an Associated Press story, Suárez Inda "has helped mediate political conflicts and kidnappings in one of Mexico's most violence-plagued states."[3]

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries
Suffragan Bishops of Michoacán
  • Vasco de Quiroga (1536.08.18 – death 1565.03.14)
  • Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina (1566.05.15 – 1572.12.10), later Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico) (1572.12.10 – death 1576.07.17)[4]
  • Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, Order of St. Augustine (O.S.A.) (1574.06.18 – death 1588.06.30)[5]
  • Alfonso Guerra, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1592.03.17 – death 1596.06.18), previously Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1579.02.06 – 1592.03.17)[6]
  • Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. (1598.04.03 – death 1601), previously Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua (Nicaragua) (1585.02.04 – 1591.12.09), Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1591.12.09 – 1598.04.03)[7]
  • Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (1603.01.29 – death 1603.05), previously Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1592.05.21 – 1603.01.29)[8]
  • Juan Fernández de Rosillo (1603.06.16 – death 1606.10.29), previously Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1592.06.12 – 1603.06.16)[9][10]
  • Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. (1608.02.04 – death 1622.07.22), previously Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1601 – 1603.01.13), Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) (1603.01.13 – 1605.06.06), Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1605.06.06 – 1608.02.04)[11]
  • Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, Mercedarians (O. de M.) (1624.04.15 – death 1628.12.05), previously Titular Bishop of Sidon (1605.06.27 – 1610.08.30) & Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1605.06.27 – 1610.08.30), then Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1610.08.30 – 1624.04.15)
  • Francisco de Rivera y Pareja, O. de M. (1629.09.17 – death 1637.09.05), previously Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1618.01.29 – 1629.09.17)
  • Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1639.05.30 – 1666.12.15), previously Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1633.01.31 – 1639.05.30); later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1666.12.15 – death 1667.05.14)
  • Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (1668.01.16 – 1668.09.17), previously Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1657 – 1668.01.16); later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1668.09.17 – retired 1681.06.30)
  • Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. (1668.12.12 – 1673.09.25), later Bishop of Almería (Spain) (1673.09.25 – 1675.05.27), Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1675.05.27 – 1683.07.21)
  • Francisco Verdín y Molina (1673.11.27 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1665.07.06 – 1673.11.27)
  • Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa (1677.08.30 – 1680), later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1680 – death 1698.08.14)
  • Antonio de Monroy, O.P. (1680 – 1680), previously Master (superior general) of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1677 – 1686); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1685.07.10 – death 1715.11.07)
  • Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (1682.06.08 – 1700.06.21), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1674.04.16 – 1675.09.09), Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1675.09.09 – 1682.06.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1700.06.21 – 1708.12.16)
  • García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz (1700.03.05 – 1704.01.14), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1691.08.23 – 1700.03.05); later Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico) (1704.01.14 – death 1705.12)
  • Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza (1704.05.31 – death 1708.05.15), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1699 – 1704.05.31)[12]
  • Felipe Ignacio Trujillo y Guerrero (1713.05.22 – death 1721.02.06)
  • Francisco de la Cuesta, Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God (O.S.H.) (1723.09.23 – death 1724.05.30), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1704.04.28 – 1723.09.23); Archbishop (personal title)
  • Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud (1728.11.15 – death 1737.05.23), previously Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1717.03.15 – 1728.11.15)
  • José Félix Valverde (1738.11.24 – death 1741.02.23), Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1728.11.15 – 1738.11.24)
  • Francisco Pablo Matos Coronado (1741.01.02 – death 1744.04.26), previously Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1734.07.09 – 1741.01.02)
  • Martín de Elizacoechea (1745.03.08 – death 1756.11.19), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1735.07.27 – 1745.03.08)
  • Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle (1757.09.26 – death 1772.05.27), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1747.04.10 – 1757.09.26)
  • Luis Fernando de Hoyos y Mier (1773.07.12 – death 1776.05.07)
  • Juan Ignacio de la Rocha (1782.02.03 – death 1782.02.03)
  • Francisco Antonio de San Miguel Iglesias y Cajiga, O.S.H. (1783.12.15 – death 1804.06.18), previously Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1777.02.17 – 1783.12.15)
  • Marcos de Moriana y Zafrilla (1805.06.26 – death 1809.07.27)
  • Father Manuel Abad y Queipo (1811 – 1811, not consecrated bishop)
  • Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solis (1831.02.28 – death 1850.04.04), previously Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria (1830.10.19 – 1831.02.28)
  • Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez (1850.10.03 – 1863.01.26 see below)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Michoacán
  • Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez (see above 1863.01.26 – death 1868.12.14)
  • José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez (1868.12.21 – death 1900.01.07), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Michoacán (1866.03.04 – 1868.12.21) & Titular Bishop of Lagania (1866.03.04 – 1868.12.21)
  • Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado (1900.08.21 – death 1911.02.26), previously Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (1892.07.11 – 1900.08.21)
  • Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1911.11.27 – 1924.11.22), previously Bishop of León in Mexico (Mexico) (1900.11.12 – 1907.09.14), Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico) (1907.09.14 – 1911.11.27)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Morelia
  • Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1924.11.22 – 1941.12.12), also Apostolic Delegate (papal diplomatic envoy) to Mexico (1929 – 1937)
  • Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1941.12.12 – death 1970.02.07), previously Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1923.08.03 – 1933.03.13), Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1933.03.13 – 1937.05.01), Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1937.05.01 – 1941.12.12)& Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (1937.05.01 – 1941.12.12), succeeding as such
  • Manuel Martín del Campo y Padilla (1970.02.07 – death 1972.04.06), previously Titular Bishop of Aulon (1946.08.03 – 1948.12.26), Coadjutor Bishop of León (1946.08.03 – 1948.12.26), succeeding as Bishop of León in Mexico (Mexico) (1948.12.26 – 1965.06.10), Titular Archbishop of Vadesi (1965.06.10 – 1970.02.07) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (1965.06.10 – 1970.02.07) succeeded as such
  • Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa (1972.07.03 – retired 1995.01.20), previously Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (1959.01.20 – 1968.03.03), Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1968.03.03 – 1972.07.03)
  • Alberto Suárez Inda (1995.01.20 – retired 2016.11.05), previously Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1985.11.05 – 1995.01.20); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo (2015.02.14 [2015.10.11] – ...)
  • Carlos Garfias Merlos (2016.11.5 – ...), previously Archbishop of Acapulco

Coadjutor bishops
  • Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez (1933-1937); did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop of México, Federal District
  • Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1937-1941)
  • Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla (1965-1970)

Auxiliary bishops
  • Benito María de Moxó y Francolí O.S.B. (1803-1805), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
  • José Antonio de la Peña y Navarro (1862-1863), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán
  • José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez (1866-1868), appointed Archbishop here
  • Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez (1923-1934), appointed Coadjutor here
  • Salvador Martinez Silva (1951-1969)
  • José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1963-1965), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
  • Román Acevedo Rojas (1967-1983)
  • Leopoldo González González (1999-2005), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas
  • Francisco Moreno Barrón (2002-2008), appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala
  • Octavio Villegas Aguilar (2005-2015)
  • Carlos Suárez Cázares (2008-
  • Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2010-
  • Herculano Medina Garfias (2015-
  • Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (2016-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes, appointed Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán in 1962
  • Juan Jesús Cardinal Posadas Ocampo, appointed Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte in 1970; future Cardinal
  • Alejo Zavala Castro, appointed Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero in 1992
  • Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez, appointed Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí in 1997
  • Enrique Díaz Díaz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas in 2003

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan bishoprics:

See also
  • List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico

References
  1. "Archdiocese of Morelia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Associated Press, "Pope's selection of 15 new cardinals reflects church's diversity, growth." The Washington Post January 5, 2015, p. A7.
  4. "Bishop Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
  5. "Bishop Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016
  6. "Bishop Alfonso Guerra, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  7. "Bishop Domingo de Ulloa, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  8. "Bishop Andrés de Ubilla, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  9. "Bishop Juan Fernández de Rosillo (Rovillo)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 11, 2016
  10. "Bishop Juan Fernández de Rosillo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 11, 2016
  11. "Bishop Baltazar de Covarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  12. "Bishop Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 24, 2016
  • Official website (in Spanish)
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Michoacan" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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