Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici Potosiensis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. Centred on the city of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, it is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Ciudad Valles, Matehuala and Zacatecas.
Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici Potosiensis Arquidiócesis de San Luis Potosí | |
|---|---|
 Catedral Metropolitana de San Luis Rey | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San Luis Potosí |
| Metropolitan | San Luis Potosí |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,504 sq mi (19,440 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 1,925,000 1,845,000 (95.8%) |
| Parishes | 107 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 31 August 1854 (166 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Louis the King |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Carlos Cabrero Romero |
| Bishops emeritus | Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez Luis Morales Reyes |
| Map | |
 | |
| Website | |
| www.iglesiapotosina.org | |
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí presented by Archbishop Luis Morales Reyes, in accordance with canon 401.1 of the Code of Canon Law. The Pope appointed as the next archbishop of San Luis Potosí (SLP), Bishop José Carlos Cabrero Romero, a native of SLP. Archbishop-elect Cabrero Romero was until then the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas in Zacatecas, Mexico. Archbishop-elect José Carlos Cabrero Romero was born May 7, 1946, in San Luis Potosí. He studied divinity (theology) at the minor and major seminaries of San Luis Potosí. He was ordained to the presbyterate on April 12, 1972. In 1977, during his early priesthood, he obtained a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), in spiritual theology, from the Pontifical Gregorian University at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. After his ordination as a priest, he held the following positions: parochial vicar (assistant pastor) and vocation director in the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, trainer and spiritual director of the archdiocesan seminary, professor of spiritual theology, treasurer and vice-rector of the Pontifical Mexican College at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, pastor, dean and member of the Council for Economic Affairs and coordinator of the ongoing formation of clergy. On October 8, 2009, he was appointed as the bishop of Zacatecas, also by Pope Benedict XVI, receiving episcopal ordination and consecration on December 19, 2009. Within the Mexican Conference of Catholic Bishops committee structure, he is responsible for ensuring social security for the clergy.[1]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- 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) – Archbishop emeritus[2]
- Luis Morales Reyes (1999–2012) – Archbishop emeritus
- José Carlos Cabrero Romero (since 2012)
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
References
- http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/29020.php?index=29020&lang=en
- "Fallece Arturo Antonio Szymanski primer arzobispo de San Luis Potosí" [Arturo Antonio Szymanski, first archbishop of San Luis Potosi, dies], El Sol de San Luis (in Spanish), May 29, 2018
External links and references
- "Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
