Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Guadalaiaren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ahualulco de Mercado, Jalisco, Mexico
The Archdiocese of Guadalajara is a Latin metropolitan see covering Jalisco, Mexico, founded as a diocese in 1548 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1863. It is led by Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, and its cathedral is the Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 July 1548
- Latin
- Guadalaiaren(sis)
- Patron
- • Nuestra Señora de Zapopan •Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos
- Annuario code
- 001001531
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,160,000
- Population
- 6,773,000
- Catholic share
- 90.9%
- Priests
- 1,626
- Catholics per priest
- 3,788
- Extent
- 20,834 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 296
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francisco Robles Ortega
- Born
- 2 March 1949
- Birthplace
- Mascota
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima stands in Ahualulco de Mercado, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Guadalajara
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AguascalientesAguascalientes
- Diocese of AutlánAhuacapán
- Diocese of Ciudad GuzmánCiudad Guzmán
- Diocese of ColimaAlcaraces
- Diocese of Jesús MaríaGuadalupe Ocotán
- Diocese of San Juan de los LagosSan Juan de los Lagos
- Diocese of TepicTepic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese covering 20,827 km² (8,044 squar miles). Erected on 13 July 1548 from territory separated from the then Diocese of Michoacán, it was raised to an archdiocese on 26 January 1863. As a metropolitan see it presides over the suffragan sees of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar (a Territorial Prelature), San Juan de los Lagos and Tepic.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].