Archdiocese of Mexico

Archidioecesis Mexicanensis

Arquidiócesis de México
Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Mexico
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceMexico
Statistics
Area799.8 km2 (308.8 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2019)
5,265,309
4,212,247 (80%)
Parishes307
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established2 September 1530 (493 years ago)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heavens
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopCarlos Aguiar Retes
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Francisco Javier Acero Pérez
  • Andrés Luis García Jasso
  • Salvador González Morales
  • Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza
  • Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal
  • Carlos Enrique Samaniego López
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesismexico.org.mx

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
1Juan de Zumárraga, O.F.M.August 20, 1530June 3, 1548
2Alonso de Montúfar, O.P.October 5, 1551March 7, 1572
3Pedro Moya de ContrerasJune 17, 1573December 7, 1591
4Alfonso Fernández de BonillaMay 22, 15921600
5García de Santa María Mendoza y Zúñiga, O.S.H.February 12, 1601October 5, 1606
6García Guerra, O.P.December 3, 1607February 22, 1612
7Juan Pérez de la SernaMay 13, 1613July 19, 1627
8Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y SolaAugust 9, 1627July 20, 1634
9Francisco Verdugo CabreraSeptember 9, 1636 ?
10Feliciano de la Vega PadillaMarch 22, 1639December 1640
11Juan de Mañozca y ZamoraNovember 16, 1643December 12, 1650
12Marcelo Lopez de AzconaApril 29, 1652November 10, 1654
13Mateo de Sagade de BugueyroSeptember 19, 1655June 1664
14Juan Alonso de Cuevas y DavalosApril 28, 1664September 2, 1665
15Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, O.F.M.December 15, 1666March 14, 1667
16Payo Enríquez de Rivera, O.S.A.September 17, 1668June 30, 1681
17Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y UlloaAugust 20, 1682August 16, 1698
18Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño1699December 16, 1708
19José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, O.S.B.March 21, 1714January 25, 1728
20Manuel José de Hendaya y Haro17281729
21Juan Antonio de Vizarrón y EguiarretaJuly 24, 1730January 25, 1747
22Manuel José Rubio y SalinasJanuary 29, 1748July 3, 1765
23Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y ButrónApril 14, 1766August 22, 1771
24Alonso Núñez de Haro y PeraltaMarch 30, 1772May 26, 1800
25Francisco Javier de Lizana y BeaumontMay 24, 1802January 1, 1815
26Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández MiraveteSeptember 4, 1815December 28, 1837
27Manuel Posada y GarduñoDecember 23, 1839April 30, 1846
28José Lázaro de la Garza y BallesterosSeptember 30, 1850March 11, 1862
29Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y DávalosMarch 19, 1863February 4, 1891
30Próspero María Alarcón y Sánchez de la BarqueraDecember 17, 1891March 29, 1908
31José Mora y del RioDecember 2, 1908April 22, 1928
32Pascual Díaz y Barreto, S.J.June 25, 1929May 19, 1936
33Luis María Martínez y RodríguezFebruary 20, 1937February 9, 1956
34Miguel Darío Miranda y GómezJune 28, 1956July 19, 1977
35Juan Manuel Martin Del Campo y PadillaJune 10, 1965September 11, 1990 36Ernesto Corripio y AhumadaJuly 19, 1977September 29, 1994
37Norberto Rivera CarreraJune 13, 1995December 7, 2017
38Carlos Aguiar RetesDecember 7, 2017present

Ordinaries who became Cardinals:

Coadjutor archbishop

Current auxiliary bishops

Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City
  • Rogelio Esquivel Medina (appointed 27 June 2001)
  • Salvador González Morales (appointed 16 February 2019)
  • Carlos Enrique Samaniego López (appointed 16 February 2019)
  • Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza (appointed 25 January 2020)
  • Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal (appointed 25 January 2020)

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

  • Bernardo Gárate y López de Arizmendi (15 December 1819 – 19 March 1863), appointed Bishop of Querétaro
  • Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta (17 December 1898 – 6 May 1912), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca
  • Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (2 April 1904 – 8 March 1920), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas)
  • Arturo Vélez Martínez (29 June 1934 – 8 February 1951), appointed Bishop of Toluca

Territorial losses

YearAlong with territory fromTo form
1536Diocese of Michoacán
1579Diocese of Manila
1863Diocese of Tulancingo
1863Archdiocese of Michoacán
Diocese of Tlaxcala		Diocese of Chilapa
1870Diocese of Tlaxcala
Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas		Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas
1874Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore
1891Diocese of Cuernavaca
1950Diocese of Toluca
1959Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles, PueblaDiocese of Tlaxcala
1960Diocese of Texcoco
1961Diocese of TulancingoDiocese of Tula
1964Diocese of TexcocoDiocese of Tlalnepantla
1984Diocese of Atlacomulco
Diocese of Tenancingo
Diocese of Cuernavaca
2019[4]

Diocese of Azcapotzalco
Diocese of Iztapalapa
Diocese of Xochimilco

Education

Colleges, universities, and seminaries

Seal University Location Religious order Founded
Conciliar Seminary of Mexico Mexico City 1585
Panamerican University Mexico City 1967
Simón Bolívar University Mexico City
Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City Society of Jesus 1943
Universidad Intercontinental Mexico City Guadalupe Missionaries 1976
Universidad La Salle Mexico City De La Salle Brothers 1962
Universidad Pontificia de México Mexico City 1982

Secondary schools

Seal School Location Religious order Founded
Colegio Cristóbal Colón Naucalpan 1938
Colegio del Bosque México Mexico City Legion of Christ 1975
Colegio La Salle Simón Bolívar Mexico City De La Salle Brothers 1910
Colegio de San Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas Mexico City 1734
Cumbres Institute Mexico City Legion of Christ 1954
Irish Institute Naucalpan Legion of Christ 1966

Former colleges, universities, and seminaries

School Location Religious order Founded Closed
Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco Mexico City Order of Friars Minor 1536 1555
College of San Fernando de Mexico Mexico City Order of Friars Minor 1734
Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico Mexico City 1551 1865
San Ildefonso College Mexico City Society of Jesus 1588 1867
San Pedro y San Pablo College Mexico City Society of Jesus 1574 1767

References

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of México" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of México" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ↑ Agren, David (30 September 2019). "Three new dioceses carved out of Archdiocese of Mexico". Crux. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 28.09.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

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