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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 shareof the people living within its bounds
75.6%
Priests
644
Catholics per priest
7,991
Extent
17,866 km²
Catholics per km²
288

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:

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.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.