Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí
Sancti Ludovici Potosien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Erected as a diocese on 31 August 1854 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 5 November 1988. Its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Louis the King.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 31 August 1854
- Latin
- Sancti Ludovici Potosien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002923
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,845,000
- Population
- 1,925,000
- Catholic share
- 95.8%
- Priests
- 279
- Catholics per priest
- 6,613
- Extent
- 19,435 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 95
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
- Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe
- Born
- 31 July 1962
- Birthplace
- Monterrey
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 St. Louis the King stands in San Luis Potosí, 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 San Luis Potosi
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ciudad VallesCiudad Valles
- Diocese of MatehualaMatehuala
- Diocese of ZacatecasZacatecas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A metropolitan see of the Latin Church in Mexico, the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici Potosiensis) presides over a province of three suffragan dioceses: Ciudad Valles, Matehuala and Zacatecas. The archbishop's cathedra rests in the Cathedral of St. Louis the King in the see city of San Luis Potosí.
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].