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.
- San Mateo ApóstolIrimbo, Mich.View parish
- San Mateo Apóstol y EvangelistaZitácuaro, Mich.View parish
- San Matías ApóstolCiudad Hidalgo, Mich.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelCharo, Mich.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelJerécuaro, Gto.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelMaravatío, Mich.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelMorelia, Mich.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelPanindícuaro, Mich.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelSalvatierra, Gto.View parish
- San Miguel ArcángelTarimoro, Gto.Mass times recorded
- San Miguel ArcángelUriangato, Gto.View parish
- San Miguel Arcángel y Nuestra Señora de la EscaleraTarímbaro, Mich.View parish
- San Nicolás de BariQuiroga, Mich.View parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoChucándiro, Mich.View parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoGaleana, Mich.View parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoMoroleón, Gto.View parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoVilla Morelos, Mich.View parish
- San Nicolás TolentinoSalvatierra, Gto.View parish
- San PabloCasacuarán, Gto.View parish
- San PabloMorelia, Mich.View parish
- San Pablo ApóstolSalvatierra, Gto.View parish
- San Pascual BailónMorelia, Mich.View parish
- San PedroSenguio, Mich.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolAcámbaro, Gto.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolCiudad Hidalgo, Mich.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolMaravatío, Mich.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolMorelia, Mich.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolNumarán, Mich.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolSalvatierra, Gto.View parish
- San Pedro ApóstolTarímbaro, 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
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- 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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