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Archdiocese of Morelia

Morelien(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Morelia, Mexico

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.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1536
Latin
Morelien(sis)
Patron
Virgen María Inmaculada de la Salud
Annuario code
001002293

The see in figures

Catholics
2,455,618
Population
2,612,360
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
94.0%
Priests
594
Catholics per priest
4,134
Extent
18,006 km²
Catholics per km²
136

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
Carlos Garfias Merlos
Born
1 January 1951
Birthplace
Tuxpan

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

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.

The province of Morelia

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

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.

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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.