The Archdiocese of Mexico ( la, Archidioecesis Mexicanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or

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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."Archdiocese of México"
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, São Paulo 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

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s from its territory: Azcapotzalco, Iztapalapa, and Xochimilco. 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

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of the archdiocese is found within the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Ordinaries who became Cardinals: * Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, in 1969 * Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, in 1979 * Norberto Rivera Carrera, in 1998 * Carlos Aguiar Retes, in 2016 while Archbishop of Tlalnepantla

Coadjutor archbishop

* Miguel Darío Cardinal Miranda y Gómez (1955–1956); future Cardinal

Current auxiliary bishops

* 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 Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek ''ékhein'' ...

(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 Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Fil ...

(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 Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara (June 8, 1933 – July 3, 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico City from 1985 until 2008. He was also the Secretary General of the ...

(26 April 1985 – 22 July 2008) * José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda (11 March 1997 – 3 January 2004), appointed Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato *

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(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 Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S. (21 January 1935 – 9 April 2018) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Tejeda García was born in Mexico and was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. He served as titular bishop of ''Castabala'' and auxiliary bishop of the ...

, 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 *

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, 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 Bernardo is a given name and less frequently an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname. Possibly from the Germanic "Bernhard". Given name People * Bernardo the Japanese (died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Franc ...

(15 December 1819 – 19 March 1863), appointed Bishop of Querétaro *

Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ...

(17 December 1898 – 6 May 1912), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca *

Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla Gerardo may refer to: People Given name Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. * Gerardo Amarilla (born 1969), Uruguayan politician * Gerardo Bonilla (born 1975), Puerto Rican-born professional race car ...

(2 April 1904 – 8 March 1920), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) *

Arturo Vélez Martínez Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer *Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...

(29 June 1934 – 8 February 1951), appointed Bishop of Toluca

Territorial losses

Education

Colleges, universities, and seminaries

Secondary schools

Former colleges, universities, and seminaries

References

External links and references

Arquidiócesis Primada de México
''official site (in Spanish)'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mexico Religion in Mexico City Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico Religious organizations established in the 1530s 1530 establishments in New Spain 1530s establishments in Mexico Religious organizations established in the 1540s 1546 establishments in New Spain Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century A Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Mexico