# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monterrey

The Archdiocese of Monterrey (Latin: Archidioecesis Monterreyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Archdiocese of Monterrey is a metropolitan see; its suffragan dioceses are the Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, Saltillo and Tampico.

## History

The Diocese of Monterrey was erected by Papal Bull "Relata Semper" by Pope Pius VI on December 15, 1777. The diocese's territory was taken from the Dioceses of Mexico, Michoacan and, mainly, Guadalajara. It encompassed the modern states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Texas. It was first called the Diocese of Linares, then Linares-Monterrey. Its name was changed to Monterrey on June 9, 1922.

## Bishops
### Ordinaries

* Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez † (1778–1779)
* Rafael José Verger y Suau (1782–1790)
* Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés (1791–1799)
* Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras (1801–1815)
* José Ignacio de Arancibia y Hormaguei (1817–1821)
* José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña (1831–1838)
* Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto (1842–1844)
* Jose Ignacio Sánchez Navarro (1851–1852)
* Francisco de Paula Verea y González (1853–1879) named Bishop of Tlaxcala
* José María Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1879–1884) named Bishop of San Luis Potosí
* Blasius Enciso (1884–1885)
* Jacinto López y Romo (1886–1895) named Archbishop of Guadalajara
* Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1895–1907)
* Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1907–1911) named Archbishop of Michoacán
* Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1912–1920)
* José Juan de Jesús Herrera y Piña (1921–1927)
* José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1929–1940)
* Guillermo Tritschler y Córdova (1941–1952)
* Alfonso Espino y Silva (1952–1976)
* José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1976–1983)
* Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1983–2003) elevated to Cardinal in 1994
* Francisco Robles Ortega (2003–2011) named Archbishop of Guadalajara; elevated to Cardinal in 2007
* Rogelio Cabrera López (2012–present)

### Coadjutor bishop

* Alfonso Espino y Silva (1951–1952)

### Auxiliary bishops

* José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1926–1929), appointed Archbishop here
* José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1973–1976), appointed Archbishop here
* Luis Reynoso Cervantes (1978–1982), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
* Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones (1985–2000)
* Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (2001–2008), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
* Alfonso Cortés Contreras (2005–2009), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
* José Lizares Estrada (2007–2009)
* Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2009–2012), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
* Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (2014–present)
* Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes (2014–present)
* Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (2016–present)
* Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal (2016–present)
* Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (2020–present)
* José Manuel Garza Madero (2020–present)
* César Garza Miranda (2020–present)

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* José Guadalupe Galván Galindo, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí in 1994
* Miguel Angel Alba Díaz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca in 1995
* Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz in 2000
* Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño, appointed Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in 2003
* Ruy Rendón Leal, appointed Prelate of El Salto, Durango in 2005
* Hilario González García, appointed Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León in 2014