Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico
Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico
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 elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 1546.[1] [2] The archdiocese is one of the largest in the world, with over four million Catholics, surpassed only by Kinshasa , Guadalajara , São Paulo , Puebla de los Ángeles , Santiago de Guatemala , and Milan .
Prior to 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 .[3] 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.
Bishops
Ordinaries
No.
Name
From
Until
1
Juan de Zumárraga , O.F.M.
August 20, 1530
June 3, 1548
2
Alonso de Montúfar , O.P.
October 5, 1551
March 7, 1572
3
Pedro Moya de Contreras
June 17, 1573
December 7, 1591
4
Alfonso Fernández de Bonilla
May 22, 1592
1600
5
García de Santa María Mendoza y Zúñiga , O.S.H.
February 12, 1601
October 5, 1606
6
García Guerra , O.P.
December 3, 1607
February 22, 1612
7
Juan Pérez 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 Ramírez de Prado y Ovando , O.F.M.
December 15, 1666
March 14, 1667
16
Payo Enríquez 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 Vizarrón 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 Butrón
April 14, 1766
August 22, 1771
24
Alonso Núñez 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 Hernández Miravete
September 4, 1815
December 28, 1837
27
Manuel Posada y Garduño
December 23, 1839
April 30, 1846
28
José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros
September 30, 1850
March 11, 1862
29
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos
March 19, 1863
February 4, 1891
30
Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la Barquera
December 17, 1891
March 29, 1908
31
José Mora y del Rio
December 2, 1908
April 22, 1928
32
Pascual Díaz y Barreto , S.J.
June 25, 1929
May 19, 1936
33
Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez
February 20, 1937
February 9, 1956
34
Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez
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:
Coadjutor archbishop
Current auxiliary bishops
Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City
Former auxiliary bishops
Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta (27 April 1840 – 27 March 1849)
Maximino Ruiz y Flores (8 March 1920 – 11 May 1949)
Francisco Orozco Lomelín (19 March 1952 – 17 October 1990)
José Villalón Mercado (1 April 1952 – 12 September 1977)
Alfredo Torres Romero (30 December 1967 – 4 January 1975), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes
Luis Mena Arroyo (13 July 1961 – 1 September 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua; returned here as Auxiliary Bishop (27 July 1979 – 9 September 1995), with personal title of Archbishop
Jorge Martínez Martínez (5 June 1971 – 1 August 1994)
Javier Lozano Barragán (5 June 1979 – 28 October 1984), appointed Bishop of Zacatecas; future Cardinal
Francisco María Aguilera González (5 June 1979 – 12 January 1996)
Carlos Talavera Ramírez (15 January 1980 – 14 March 1984), appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (26 January 1980 – 10 October 1989)
Ricardo Watty Urquidi , M.Sp.S. (27 May 1980 – 6 November 1989), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara (26 April 1985 – 22 July 2008)
José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda (11 March 1997 – 3 January 2004), appointed Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato
Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (5 January 1998 – 23 February 2008), appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz
José Luis Fletes Santana (29 January 2000 – 31 May 2003)
Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón (29 January 2000 – 19 October 2005), appointed Bishop of Cuautitlán, México
Felipe Tejeda García , M.Sp.S. (29 January 2000 – 30 July 2010)
Jonás Guerrero Corona (27 June 2001 – 18 March 2011), appointed Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa
Francisco Clavel Gil (27 June 2001 – 28 May 2013)
Antonio Ortega Franco , C.O. (11 February 2004 – 16 February 2019)
José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa (2 March 2004 – 5 February 2009), appointed Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla
Carlos Briseño Arch , O.A.R. (20 May 2006 - 12 November 2018), appointed Bishop of Veracruz
Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (27 November 2008 - 16 February 2019), appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
Crispin Ojeda Márquez (4 June 2011 - 27 July 2018), appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
Jorge Estrada Solórzano (28 May 2013 – 11 May 2019), appointed Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango
Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez , M.Sp.S. (appointed 25 January 2020 – died 18 January 2021)
Other priests of the archdiocese who became bishops
Territorial losses
Education
Colleges, universities, and seminaries
Secondary schools
Former colleges, universities, and seminaries
References
External links and references
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