Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid
| Archdiocese of Madrid Archidioecesis Matritensis Archidiócesis de Madrid | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Madrid |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,663 km2 (1,414 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 4,178,000 3,615,000 (86.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established |
7 March 1885 (As Diocese of Madrid) 25 March 1964 (As Archdiocese of Madrid) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Almudena in Madrid |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Osoro Sierra |
| Suffragans |
Diocese of Alcalá de Henares Diocese of Getafe |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
César Martínez Fidel Herráez Vegas Juan Antonio Martínez Camino |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Alberto Iniesta Jiménez Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1972-1998) Antonio Rouco Varela Archbishop Emeritus (1994–2014) |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII. Initially, the territory that now makes up the Archdiocese was part of the Archdiocese of Toledo.[1] It was raised to the level of an Archdiocese on 25 March 1964 by Pope Paul VI. Pope John Paul II gave the Archdiocese Metropolitan status on 23 July 1991, while created two suffragan dioceses: Getafe and Alcalá de Henares. On 28 August 2014, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Antonio María Rouco Varela and appointed the then archbishop of Valencia Carlos Osoro Sierra as the next archbishop of Madrid.
List of Bishops and Archbishops of Madrid
- Narciso Martínez Izquierdo (1884–1886)
- Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (1886–1892)
- Jose María Cos y Macho (1892–1901)
- Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez (1901–1905)
- José Maria Salvador y Barrera (1905–1916)
- Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1916–1922)
- Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1922–1963)
- Casimiro Morcillo González (1964–1971), first Archbishop of Madrid
- Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1971–1983)
- Angel Suquía Goicoechea (1983–1994), first Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid
- Antonio Rouco Varela (1994–2014)
References
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Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Madrid-Alcalá. |
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