Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico is the metropolitan diocese of Mexico City. It was elevated on February 12, 1546.
The archdiocese is the largest in the world, with more than 5 million Catholics. Its territory comprises the Federal District of Mexico, while its suffragen dioceses extended into the states of Mexico and Morelos. As of 28 September 2019, its suffragan dioceses include three dioceses erected from its own territory: Azcapotzalco, Iztapalapa, and Xochimilco.
The seat of the Archdiocese is the Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City.Bishops
Ordinaries
Ordinaries who became Cardinals:
- Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, in 1969
- Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, in 1979
- Norberto Rivera Carrera, in 1998
- Carlos Aguiar Retes, in 2016 while Archbishop of Tlalnepantla
Coadjutor archbishop
- Miguel Darío Cardinal Miranda y Gómez ; future Cardinal
- Rogelio Esquivel Medina
- Salvador González Morales
- Carlos Enrique Samaniego López
- Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza
- Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal
- Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S.
Former auxiliary bishops
- Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta
- Maximino Ruiz y Flores
- Francisco Orozco Lomelín
- José Villalón Mercado
- Alfredo Torres Romero, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes
- Luis Mena Arroyo, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua;, with personal title of Archbishop
- Jorge Martínez Martínez
- Javier Lozano Barragán, appointed Bishop of Zacatecas; future Cardinal
- Francisco María Aguilera González
- Carlos Talavera Ramírez, appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
- Genaro Alamilla Arteaga
- Ricardo Watty Urquidi, M.Sp.S., appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
- Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara
- José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda, appointed Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato
- Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz
- José Luis Fletes Santana
- Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón, appointed Bishop of Cuautitlán, México
- Felipe Tejeda García, M.Sp.S.
- Jonás Guerrero Corona, appointed Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa
- Francisco Clavel Gil
- Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O.
- José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa, appointed Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla
- Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R., appointed Bishop of Veracruz
- Florencio Armando Colín Cruz, appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
- Crispin Ojeda Márquez, appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca
- Jorge Estrada Solórzano, appointed Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango
Other priests of the archdiocese who became bishops
- Bernardo Gárate y López de Arizmendi, appointed Bishop of Querétaro
- Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta, appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca
- Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla, appointed Bishop of Chiapas
- Arturo Vélez Martínez, appointed Bishop of Toluca
Territorial losses
Education
Colleges, universities, and seminaries
Secondary schools
Former colleges, universities, and seminaries
