Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles

Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles; Archidioecesis Angelorum; Arquidiócesis de Puebla de los Ángeles
	Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Puebla de los Angeles
Statistics
Area	8,084 sq mi (20,940 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004); 4,382,207; 4,054,856 (92.5%)
Parishes	207
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 October 1525 (495 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Victor Sánchez Espinosa
Auxiliary Bishops	Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía, Tomás López Durán[1]
Bishops emeritus	Rosendo Huesca Pacheco
Website
	arquidiocesisdepuebla.mx

The Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles (Latin: Archidioecesis Angelorum) is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico. It was established on October 13, 1525 as the diocese of Tlaxcala and retained that name until it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1903. In 1959 a new Diocese of Tlaxcala was created and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles.[2][3] Also suffragan to the archdiocese are the Dioceses of Huajuapan de León and Tehuacán

A separate diocese for Mexico City was created in 1530 and replaced Seville, Spain as Tlaxcala's metropolitan in 1546, so its place as Mexico's most important Catholic see was short-lived, but Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla is one of the largest archdioceses in Mexico today.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Julián Garcés, O.P. (1525–1542) Died
Pablo Gil de Talavera (1544–1545) Died
Martín Sarmiento de Osacastro, O.F.M. (1548–1557) Died
Fernando de Villagómez (1561–1571) Died
Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S. (1572–1576) Died[4]
Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria) (1578–1606) Died[5]
Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar (1607–1625) Died[6]
Gutiérrez Bernardo de Quirós (Quiróz) (1626–1638) Died
Blessed Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1639–1653) named bishop of Osma
Diego Osorio de Escobar y Mendoza (Llamas) (1655–1673) Died
Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo (1675 Confirmed–Did not take effect)[7]
Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún (1676–1699) Died
Ignacio de Urbina, O.S.H. (1701–1703) (Archbishop (personal title)) Died
García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz (1704–1705) Died[8]
Pedro Nogales Dávila (1707–1721) Died
Juan Antonio de Lardizabal y Elorza (1722–1733) Died
Benito Crespo y Monroy, O.S. (1734–1737) Died
Pedro González García (1739–1743) named bishop of Ávila
Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu (1743–1763) (Archbishop (personal title)) Died
Francisco Fabián y Fuero (1765–1773) named archbishop of Valencia
Victoriano López Gonzalo (1773–1786) named bishop of Tortosa)
Santiago José Echaverría Nieto de Osorio y Elguera (1788–1789) Died
Salvador Biempica y Sotomayor (1790–1802) Died
Manuel Ignacio González de Campillo Gómez del Valle (1804–1813) Died
José Antonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez y Robles (1814–1829) Died
Francisco Pablo Vásquez Bizcaíno (y Sánchez) (1831–1847) Died
José María Luciano Becerra y Jiménez (1852–1854) Died
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos (1855–1863) named archbishop of Mexico City
Carlos María Colina y Rubio (1863–1879) Died
Francisco de Paula Verea y González (1879–1884) Died
José María Mora y Daza (1884–1887) Died
José Maríe del Refugio Guerra y Alva (1888–1888) Died
Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez (1888–1896) Died
Perfecto Amézquita y Gutiérrez, C.M. (1896–1900) Died
José Ramón Ibarra y González (1902–1917) Died
Enrique Sánchez y Paredes (1919–1923) Died
Pedro Vera y Zuria (1924–1945) Died
José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1945–1950) Died
Octaviano Márquez y Tóriz (1950–1975) Died
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada (1976–1977) named archbishop of Mexico City
Rosendo Huesca Pacheco (1977–2009) Retired
Victor Sánchez Espinosa (2009–present)

Coadjutor bishop

José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934–1945)

Auxiliary bishops

Francisco Juan Leiza (de Leyva) (1739–1747)
Miguel Anselmo Álvarez de Abreu y Valdéz (1749–1765), appointed Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca
José Ignacio Márquez y Tóriz (1934), appointed Coadjutor here
Emilio Abascal y Salmerón (1953–1968), appointed Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz
Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1970–1977), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes
Rosendo Huesca Pacheco (1970–1977), appointed Archbishop here
Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (2011–2016), appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011–2013), appointed Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero
Tomás López Durán (2013–
Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2013–2020), appointed Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Obregón[9]

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Joaquín Fernández de Madrid y Canal, appointed titular Bishop in 1834
Luis Munive Escobar, appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala in 1959
Bartolomé Carrasco Briseño, appointed Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo in 1963
José Trinidad Medel Pérez, appointed Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo in 1986

References

http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2013/12/06/0813/01827.html
"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
"Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
"Bishop Antonio Ruíz de Morales y Molina, O.S." Catholic–Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Diego de Romano y Govea (Vitoria)" retrieved November 9, 2015
"Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar" Catholic–Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
"Bishop Juan de Sancto Mathía Sáenz de Mañozca y Murillo" Catholic–Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz" retrieved December 4, 2015
Zambrano, Jaime (September 15, 2020). "Nombra el Papa a obispo auxiliar de Puebla como obispo de Ciudad Obregón". www.msn.com (in Spanish). Milenio. Retrieved Sep 15, 2020.