Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Mexico
Archdiocese of Monterrey
Archidioecesis Monterreyensis
Arquidiócesis de Monterrey
Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey
Country
Mexico Area 17,866 km2 (6,898 sq mi) Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2008) 6,809,345 5,146,211 (75.5%) Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church Rite
Roman Rite Cathedral Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de Monterrey (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Monterrey ) Pope
Francis Bishop
Rogelio Cabrera López Auxiliary Bishops
Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes
Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola
Heriberto Cavazos Pérez
Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal
Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán
José Manuel Garza Madero
César Garza Miranda
Bishops emeritus José Lizares Estrada
The Archdiocese of Monterrey (
Latin : Archidioecesis Monterreyensis ) is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
archdiocese of the
Catholic Church located in
Monterrey ,
Nuevo León ,
Mexico .
The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a
metropolitan see ; its
suffragan dioceses are the
Ciudad Victoria ,
Linares ,
Matamoros ,
Nuevo Laredo ,
Piedras Negras ,
Saltillo and
Tampico .
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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. Its name was changed to Monterrey on June 9, 1922.
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Bishops
Ordinaries
Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez † (1778–1779)
Rafael José Verger y Suau (1782–1790)
Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés (1791–1799)
Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras (1801–1815)
José Ignacio de Arancibia y Hormaguei (1817–1821)
José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña (1831–1838)
Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto (1842–1844)
Jose Ignacio Sánchez Navarro (1851–1852)
Francisco de Paula Verea y González (1853–1879) named Bishop of
Tlaxcala
José María Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1879–1884) named Bishop of
San Luis Potosí
Blasius Enciso (1884–1885)
Jacinto López y Romo (1886–1895) named Archbishop of
Guadalajara
Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1895–1907)
[4]
Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1907–1911) named Archbishop of
Michoacán
Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1912–1920)
José Juan de Jesús Herrera y Piña (1921–1927)
José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1929–1940)
Guillermo Tritschler y Córdova (1941–1952)
Alfonso Espino y Silva (1952–1976)
José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1976–1983)
Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1983–2003) elevated to Cardinal in 1994
Francisco Robles Ortega (2003–2011) named Archbishop of
Guadalajara ; elevated to Cardinal in 2007
Rogelio Cabrera López (2012–present)
Coadjutor bishop
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 Rodríguez 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–present)
Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes (2014–present)
Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (2016–present)
Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal (2016–present)
Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (2020–present)
José Manuel Garza Madero (2020–present)
César Garza Miranda (2020–present)
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
References
External links
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