Archdiocese of León
Leonen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · León, Mexico
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese based in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, created as the Diocese of Leon on 26 January 1863 by Pope Pius IX and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 November 2006. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light. Its suffragans are Celaya, Irapuato and Queretaro.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 January 1863
- Latin
- Leonen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001984
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,416,000
- Population
- 3,795,967
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 375
- Catholics per priest
- 9,109
- Extent
- 8,793 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 388
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
- Jaime Calderon Calderon
- Born
- 1 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Churintzio
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
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light stands in León, 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 Leon
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CelayaCelaya
- Diocese of IrapuatoIrapuato
- Diocese of QuerétaroQuerétaro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of León, Guanajuato, the Archdiocese of León (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico. Its territory of 41,940 km2 reaches into the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro and holds a population of 6,500,000.
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].