Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí
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Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici Potosiensis Arquidiócesis de San Luis Potosí | |
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 Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | San Luis Potosí |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,504 sq mi (19,440 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,925,000 1,845,000 (95.8%) |
| Parishes | 107 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 31 August 1854 (170 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Louis the King |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe |
| Bishops emeritus | Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.iglesiapotosina.org | |
The Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici Potosiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. A metropolitan see, its ecclesiastical province contains three suffragan dioceses: Ciudad Valles, Matehuala and Zacatecas. The cathedra is found within the Cathedral of St. Louis the King in the episcopal see of San Luis Potosí.
Bishops
[edit]- Pedro Barajas y Moreno (1854–1868)
- Manuel del Conde y Blanco (1869–1872)
- José Nicanor Corona e Izarraraz (1873–1883)
- Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1884–1921)
- Miguel María de la Mora y Mora (1922–1930)
- Guillermo Tritschler y Córdova (1931–1941), appointed Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (1941–1958)
- Luis Cabrera Cruz (1958–1967)
- Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa (1968–1972), appointed Archbishop of Morelia, Michoacán
- Ezequiel Perea Sánchez (1972–1986)
- Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (1987–1999)
- Luis Morales Reyes (1999–2012) – Archbishop emeritus
- Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero (2012–2022) – Archbishop emeritus
- Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2022–present)
- Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José Luis Dibildox Martínez, appointed Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua in 1993
- Juan Manuel Mancilla Sánchez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Texcoco, México in 2001
- Lucas Martínez Lara, appointed Bishop of Matehuala, San Luís Potosí in 2006
- Andrés Vargas Peña, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2010
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- "Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí". Catholic-Hierarchy.
