Archdiocese of León
| Archdiocese of León | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Diocesan bishop | Alfonso Cortés Contreras |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Guadalupe Martín Rábago |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Juan Frausto Pallares |
| founding | 1863 |
| surface | 8,110 km² |
| Parishes | 123 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,955,369 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 2,696,597 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 235 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 144 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.115 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 239 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 642 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Luz |
| Website | www.arquidiocesisdeleon.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Celaya Diocese of Irapuato Diocese of Querétaro |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León ( lat. : Archidioecesis Leonensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de León ) is an in Mexico located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in León .
history
The diocese of León was on January 26, 1863 by Pope Pius IX. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Michoacán and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On 13 October 1973, the diocese of Leon were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution scribae illi Evangelico erected Diocese of Celaya from. The diocese of León was subordinated to the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí as a suffragan on November 5, 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Nihil optabilius . On January 3, 2004, the diocese of Leon were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Venerabiles Fratres erected Diocese of Irapuato from.
The diocese of León was founded on November 25, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. elevated to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Mexicani populi .
Ordinaries
Bishops of León
- José María de Jesús Diez de Sollano y Dávaols , 1863–1881
- Tomás Barón y Morales , 1882–1898
- Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano , 1898–1900, then Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León
- Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres , 1900–1907, then Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León
- José Mora y del Rio , 1907–1908, then Archbishop of Mexico City
- Emeterio Valverde y Télles , 1909-1948
- Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla , 1948–1965, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia
- Anselmo Zarza Bernal , 1966–1992
- Rafael Garcia González , 1992-1994
- José Guadalupe Martín Rábago , 1995-2006
Archbishops of León
- José Guadalupe Martín Rábago, 2006–2012
- Alfonso Cortés Contreras , since 2012
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of León (Spanish)
- Entry on Archdiocese of León on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. Scribae illi Evangelico , AAS 66 (1974), n.6, p. 313f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Nihil optabilius , AAS 81 (1989), n.2, p. 156f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Venerabiles Fratres , AAS 96 (2004), n.3, pp. 140f.
- ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Mexicani populi , AAS 99 (2007), n.2, p. 57ff.