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Archdiocese of Monterrey

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Archdiocese of Monterrey
Archidioecesis Monterreyensis
Arquidiócesis de Monterrey
Catedral Metropolitana de Monterrey
Catedral Metropolitana de Monterrey
Location
Country Mexico
Statistics
Area 17,866 km2 (6,898 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2008)
6,809,345
5,146,211 (75.5%)
Information
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)
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López
Auxiliary Bishops Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes
José Manuel Garza Madero
César Garza Miranda
José Eugenio Ramos Delgado
Bishops emeritus José Lizares Estrada
Map

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-Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and Tampico.[1]

History

The Diocese of Linares or Nuevo Leon (but with the see in 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 "Diocese of Linares" (not to be confused with the current Diocese of Linares), then Linares-Monterrey. In 1891 it became a Metropolitan Archdiocese. Its name was changed to Monterrey on June 9, 1922.[2][3]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  1. Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez † (1778–1779)
  2. Rafael José Verger y Suau (1782–1790)
  3. Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés (1791–1799)
  4. Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras (1801–1815)
  5. José Ignacio de Arancibia y Hormaguei (1817–1821)
  6. José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña (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 (1884–1885)
  12. Jacinto López y Romo (1886–1895) named Archbishop of Guadalajara
  13. Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1895–1907)[4]
  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–present)

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 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 (2014–2024), appointed Bishop of Piedras Negras
  • Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes (2014–present)
  • Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (2016–2023), retired
  • Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal (2016–2021), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
  • Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (2020–2024), appointed Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán
  • José Manuel Garza Madero (2020–present)
  • César Garza Miranda (2020–present)
  • José Eugenio Ramos Delgado (2025–present)[5]

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

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[6]

References

  1. Back to citation "Provincia Eclesiástica" (in Spanish). Archdiocese of Monterrey. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. Back to citation "Historia: Inicios Siglo XVII Siglo XVIII" (in Spanish). Archdiocese of Monterrey. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. Back to citation Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XIV. 1922. p. 383.
  4. Back to citation Benavides, Leopoldo Espinosa. "Los Templos de Monterrey. La Basílica de Guadalupe", Editora Regio, February 12, 2019
  5. Back to citation "Resignations and Appointments". Holy See Press Office. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  6. Back to citation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey, official website

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