Metropolitan see Morelia, Mexico
Archdiocese of Morelia
Morelien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Michoacan, Mexico, erected on 11 August 1536 as the Diocese of Michoacan, raised to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on 26 January 1863, and renamed Morelia on 22 November 1924. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Morelia. It is one of the oldest sees in the Americas.
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- Established
- 1536
- Catholics
- 2,455,618
- Priests
- 594
- Territory
- 18,006 km²
Parishes and churches
285 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioZitácuaro, Mich.View parish
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario de FátimaMorelia, Mich.Mass times recorded
- Nuestra Señora del SocorroYuriria, Gto.View parish
- Nuestro Padre JesúsParácuaro, Gto.View parish
- Parroqui de San JoséMaravatío, Mich.View parish
- Preciosa SangreZitácuaro, Mich.View parish
- Preciosa Sangre de CristoCiudad Hidalgo, Mich.View parish
- Preciosa Sangre de CristoYuriria, Gto.View parish
- PurísimaLa Piedad, Mich.View parish
- Rectoría de San Antonio de PaduaAcámbaro, Gto.View parish
- ResurrecciónMorelia, Mich.View parish
- Resurrección del SeñorMorelia, Mich.View parish
- Sagrada FamiliaSalvatierra, Gto.View parish
- Sagrada FamiliaMorelia, Mich.View parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsCharo, Mich.View parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsLa Piedad, Mich.View parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsMorelia, Mich.View parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsPátzcuaro, Mich.View parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsSalvatierra, Gto.View parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsUriangato, Gto.View parish
- Sagrados Corazones de Jesús y de MaríaMorelia, Mich.View parish
- Sagrario MetropolitanoMorelia, Mich.View parish
- Salvador del MundoMorelia, Mich.Mass times recorded
- San AgustínCuitzeo del Porvenir, Mich.View parish
- San AgustínMorelia, Mich.View parish
- San AgustínMoroleón, Gto.View parish
- San Agustín ObispoZinapécuaro, Mich.View parish
- San Andrés ApóstolPanindícuaro, Mich.View parish
- San Andrés ApóstolYuriria, Gto.View parish
- San Andrés ApóstolZitácuaro, Mich.View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Carlos Garfias Merlos
- Born
- 1 January 1951
- Birthplace
- Tuxpan
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Transfiguration stands in Morelia, 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.
History
Erected on 11 August 1536 as the Diocese of Michoacán, the Archdiocese of Morelia (Latin: Archidioecesis Moreliensis) serves western central Mexico. The archbishop's cathedra stands in the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in Morelia, the capital of Michoacán state, and the archdiocese also counts a minor basilica, the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán de Ocampo.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Archdiocese of Morelia publishes San Pío de Pietrelcina
- Archdiocese of Morelia publishes on Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
- Archdiocese of Morelia publishes San Pedro Claver
- Archdiocese of Morelia celebrates Natividad de la Santísima Virgen María
- Archdiocese of Morelia publishes Santa Teresa de Calcuta
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