Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico

Archdiocese of Mexico Archidioecesis Mexicana Arquidiócesis de México
File:Logo del APM.svg Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Mexico
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Mexico
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 8,930,000 7,364,000 (82.5%)
Parishes	456
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2 September 1530 (494 years ago)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of the Ascension
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Norberto Rivera Carrera
Auxiliary Bishops	Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. Rogelio Esquivel Medina, Jorge Estrada Solórzano, Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O., Florencio Armando Colín Cruz, Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco, Andrés Vargas Peña, Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca, Crispín Ojeda Márquez
Emeritus Bishops	bp Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S., bp Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara, bp Francisco Clavel Gil , bp José Luis Fletes Santana
Website
www.arquidiocesismexico.org.mx

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico (Latin: Archidioecesis Mexicanus) (erected September 2, 1530, as the Diocese of Mexico) is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Atlacomulco, Cuernavaca, Tenancingo and Toluca. It was elevated on February 12, 1546. The Archdiocese formerly owned the "Church of Manila" until 1579, when it was released by Pope Gregory XIII into its own independent diocese.

The archdiocese is the largest in the world, with more than 7 million Catholics.

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 López de Azcona	April 29, 1652	November 10, 1654
13	Mateo de Sagade Bugueiro	September 19, 1655	June 1664
14	Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Davaols	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	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada	July 19, 1977	September 29, 1994
36	Norberto Rivera Carrera	June 13, 1995	present

Current Auxiliary Bishops

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Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City

• Auxiliary Bishop: Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R.
• Auxiliary Bishop: Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca
• Auxiliary Bishop: Florencio Armando Colin Cruz
• Auxiliary Bishop: Rogelio Esquivel Medina
• Auxiliary Bishop: Jorge Estrada Solórzano
• Auxiliary Bishop: Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco
• Auxiliary Bishop: Crispin Ojeda Márquez
• Auxiliary Bishop: Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O.
• Auxiliary Bishop: Andrés Vargas Peña
• Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus: Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara
• Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus: Francisco Clavel Gil
• Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus: José Luis Fletes Santana
• Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus: Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S.

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1536		Diocese of Michoacán
1597		Diocese of Manila
1863		Diocese of Tulancingo
1863	Archdiocese of Michoacán Diocese of Tlaxcala	Diocese of Chilapa
1870	Diocese of Tlaxcala Vicariate Apostolic of Tamaulipas	Diocese of Ciudad Victoria-Tamaulipas
1874		Vicariate Apostolic of California Inferiore
1891		Diocese of Cuernavaca
1950		Diocese of Toluca
1959	Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla	Diocese of Tlaxcala
1960		Diocese of Texcoco
1961	Diocese of Tulancingo	Diocese of Tula
1964	Diocese of Texcoco	Diocese of Tlalnepantla

Episcopal See

• Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City

External links and references

• Arquidiócesis Primada de México official site (in Spanish)
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