Archdiocese of Monterrey
Monterreyen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Monterrey, Mexico
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in northeastern Mexico, erected by Pope Pius VI on 15 December 1777 as the Diocese of Linares (Nuevo Leon), elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1891, and renamed Monterrey on 9 June 1922. Its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Monterrey. It is one of the largest sees in Mexico, with more than five million Catholics.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1777
- Latin
- Monterreyen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen María del Roble
- Annuario code
- 001002283
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,146,211
- Population
- 6,809,345
- Catholic share
- 75.6%
- Priests
- 644
- Catholics per priest
- 7,991
- Extent
- 17,866 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 288
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
- Rogelio Cabrera Lopez
- Born
- 24 January 1951
- Birthplace
- Santa Catalina
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Monterrey stands in Monterrey, 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 Monterrey
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ciudad VictoriaCiudad Victoria
- Diocese of LinaresLinares
- Diocese of Matamoros–ReynosaAlfredo V. Bonfil
- Diocese of Nuevo LaredoCiudad Guerrero
- Diocese of Piedras NegrasAcuña
- Diocese of SaltilloArteaga
- Diocese of TampicoAldama
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, the Archdiocese of Monterrey (Latin: Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a metropolitan see of the Latin Church in Mexico. Seven dioceses stand as its suffragans: Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Matamoros-Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and Tampico.
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].