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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of Morelia

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
18,006 km²

Country
  
Mexico

Parishes
  
236

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Phone
  
+52 443 314 1840

Cathedral
  
Morelia Cathedral

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 2,612,360 2,455,618 (94%)

Established
  
11 August 1536 (480 years ago)

Address
  
Tejedores De Aranza 314, Vasco de Quiroga, 58230 Morelia, MICH, Mexico

Similar
  
Morelia Cathedral, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Juorensa, Parroquia de San Antonio d, Parroquia de Santiaguito

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia (Latin: Archidioecesis Moreliensis) (erected 11 August 1536 as the Diocese of Michoacán) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in western central Mexico.

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The cathedral archiepiscopal see is at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, a minor World Heritage Site, in the city of Morelia, capital of Michoacán state. It also has a Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud, in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán de Ocampo.

History

  • It was established on 11 August 1536 as Diocese of Michoacán, on territory split off from the then Diocese of México.
  • It lost territory repeatedly: on 1548.07.13 to establish the then Diocese of Guadalajara, on 1777.12.15 to establish the Diocese of Linares and on 1854.08.31 to establish the Diocese of San Luis Potosí.
  • It was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese of Michoacán by Pope Pius IX on 26 January 1863, having lost territory to establish the Diocese of León and the Diocese of Querétaro.
  • It lost territory again on 1863.03.16 to establish the Diocese of Chilapa and on 1913.07.26 to establish the Diocese of Tacámbaro
  • It was renamed Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia after its see on 22 November 1924.
  • It lost territory again on 1973.10.13 to establish the Diocese of Celaya and on 2004 to establish the Diocese of Irapuato
  • In January 2015, Pope Francis created Morelia's archbishop, Alberto Suárez Inda, the archdiocese's first Cardinal. According to an Associated Press story, Suárez Inda "has helped mediate political conflicts and kidnappings in one of Mexico's most violence-plagued states."

    • Episcopal Ordinaries

    Suffragan Bishops of Michoacán
  • Vasco de Quiroga (1536.08.18 – death 1565.03.14)
  • Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina (1566.05.15 – 1572.12.10), later Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico) (1572.12.10 – death 1576.07.17)
  • Juan de Medina Rincón y de la Vega, Order of St. Augustine (O.S.A.) (1574.06.18 – death 1588.06.30)
  • Alfonso Guerra, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1592.03.17 – death 1596.06.18), previously Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1579.02.06 – 1592.03.17)
  • Domingo de Ulloa, O.P. (1598.04.03 – death 1601), previously Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua (Nicaragua) (1585.02.04 – 1591.12.09), Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1591.12.09 – 1598.04.03)
  • Andrés de Ubilla, O.P. (1603.01.29 – death 1603.05), previously Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1592.05.21 – 1603.01.29)
  • Juan Fernández de Rosillo (1603.06.16 – death 1606.10.29), previously Bishop of Vera Paz (Guatemala) (1592.06.12 – 1603.06.16)
  • Baltazar de Cobarrubias y Múñoz, O.S.A. (1608.02.04 – death 1622.07.22), previously Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1601 – 1603.01.13), Bishop of Nueva Caceres (Philippines) (1603.01.13 – 1605.06.06), Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1605.06.06 – 1608.02.04)
  • Alonso Orozco Enriquez de Armendáriz Castellanos y Toledo, Mercedarians (O. de M.) (1624.04.15 – death 1628.12.05), previously Titular Bishop of Sidon (1605.06.27 – 1610.08.30) & Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1605.06.27 – 1610.08.30), then Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1610.08.30 – 1624.04.15)
  • Francisco de Rivera y Pareja, O. de M. (1629.09.17 – death 1637.09.05), previously Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1618.01.29 – 1629.09.17)
  • Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1639.05.30 – 1666.12.15), previously Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1633.01.31 – 1639.05.30); later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1666.12.15 – death 1667.05.14)
  • Payo Enríquez de Rivera Manrique, O.S.A. (1668.01.16 – 1668.09.17), previously Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1657 – 1668.01.16); later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1668.09.17 – retired 1681.06.30)
  • Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. (1668.12.12 – 1673.09.25), later Bishop of Almería (Spain) (1673.09.25 – 1675.05.27), Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1675.05.27 – 1683.07.21)
  • Francisco Verdín y Molina (1673.11.27 – death 1675.04.29), previously Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1665.07.06 – 1673.11.27)
  • Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa (1677.08.30 – 1680), later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1680 – death 1698.08.14)
  • Antonio de Monroy, O.P. (1680 – 1680), previously Master (superior general) of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1677 – 1686); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1685.07.10 – death 1715.11.07)
  • Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (1682.06.08 – 1700.06.21), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1674.04.16 – 1675.09.09), Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1675.09.09 – 1682.06.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of México (Mexico) (1700.06.21 – 1708.12.16)
  • García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz (1700.03.05 – 1704.01.14), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1691.08.23 – 1700.03.05); later Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico) (1704.01.14 – death 1705.12)
  • Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza (1704.05.31 – death 1708.05.15), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1699 – 1704.05.31)
  • Felipe Ignacio Trujillo y Guerrero (1713.05.22 – death 1721.02.06)
  • Francisco de la Cuesta, Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God (O.S.H.) (1723.09.23 – death 1724.05.30), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1704.04.28 – 1723.09.23)
  • Juan José de Escalona y Calatayud (1728.11.15 – death 1737.05.23), previously Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1717.03.15 – 1728.11.15)
  • José Félix Valverde (1738.11.24 – death 1741.02.23), Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) (1728.11.15 – 1738.11.24)
  • Francisco Pablo Matos Coronado (1741.01.02 – death 1744.04.26), previously Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1734.07.09 – 1741.01.02)
  • Martín de Elizacoechea (1745.03.08 – death 1756.11.19), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1735.07.27 – 1745.03.08)
  • Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle (1757.09.26 – death 1772.05.27), previously Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1747.04.10 – 1757.09.26)
  • Luis Fernando de Hoyos y Mier (1773.07.12 – death 1776.05.07)
  • Juan Ignacio de la Rocha (1782.02.03 – death 1782.02.03)
  • Francisco Antonio de San Miguel Iglesias y Cajiga, O.S.H. (1783.12.15 – death 1804.06.18), previously Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1777.02.17 – 1783.12.15)
  • Marcos de Moriana y Zafrilla (1805.06.26 – death 1809.07.27)
  • Father Manuel Abad y Queipo (1811 – 1811, not consecrated bishop)
  • Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solis (1831.02.28 – death 1850.04.04), previously Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria (1830.10.19 – 1831.02.28)
  • Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez (1850.10.03 – 1863.01.26 see below)
    • Metropolitan Archbishops of Michoacán
  • Clemente de Jesús Munguía y Núñez (see above 1863.01.26 – death 1868.12.14)
  • José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez (1868.12.21 – death 1900.01.07), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Michoacán (1866.03.04 – 1868.12.21) & Titular Bishop of Lagania (1866.03.04 – 1868.12.21)
  • Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado (1900.08.21 – death 1911.02.26), previously Bishop of Colima (Mexico) (1892.07.11 – 1900.08.21)
  • Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1911.11.27 – 1924.11.22 see below), previously Bishop of León in Mexico (Mexico) (1900.11.12 – 1907.09.14), Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico) (1907.09.14 – 1911.11.27)
    • Metropolitan Archbishops of Morelia
  • Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (see above 1924.11.22 – 1941.12.12), also Apostolic Delegate (papal diplomatic envoy) to Mexico (1929 – 1937)
  • Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1941.12.12 – death 1970.02.07), previously Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1923.08.03 – 1933.03.13), Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (1933.03.13 – 1937.05.01), Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1937.05.01 – 1941.12.12)& Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (1937.05.01 – 1941.12.12), succeeding as such
  • Manuel Martín del Campo y Padilla (1970.02.07 – death 1972.04.06), previously Titular Bishop of Aulon (1946.08.03 – 1948.12.26), Coadjutor Bishop of León (1946.08.03 – 1948.12.26), succeeding as Bishop of León in Mexico (Mexico) (1948.12.26 – 1965.06.10), Titular Archbishop of Vadesi (1965.06.10 – 1970.02.07) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (1965.06.10 – 1970.02.07) succeeded as such
  • Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa (1972.07.03 – retired 1995.01.20), previously Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (1959.01.20 – 1968.03.03), Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1968.03.03 – 1972.07.03)
  • Alberto Suárez Inda (1995.01.20 – retired 2016.11.05), previously Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1985.11.05 – 1995.01.20); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo (2015.02.14 [2015.10.11] – ...)
  • Carlos Garfias Merlos (2016.11.5 – ...), previously Archbishop of Acapulco

    • Province

    Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following suffragan bishoprics:

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacámbaro
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico.

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia Wikipedia
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