Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid

Archdiocese of Madrid Archidioecesis Matritensis Archidiócesis de Madrid
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) 23 July 1991(As Metropolitan 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	Juan Antonio Martínez Camino
Emeritus Bishops	Antonio Rouco Varela Archbishop Emeritus (1994–2014)
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid is one of Spains fourteen Metropolitan Archbishoprics. Incumbent Archbishop of Madrid since 28 August 2014 is Carlos Osoro Sierra, until then Archbishop of Valencia.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena, in Spanish national capital Madrid. The metropolitan city area also has several Minor Basilicas: the Basílica Ex-Catedral de San Isidro Basílica (former Cathedral), the Basílica de San Lorenzo (World Heritage Site, in El Escorial), the Basílica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora (dedicated to the Assumption, in Colmenar Viejo), the Basílica de la Concepción de Nuestra Señora the Basílica de Nuestro Padre Jesús de Medinaceli, the Basílica de San Vicente de Paul (Milagrosa), the Basílica de Santa Cruz (dedicated to the Holy Cross, in El Valle de los Caídos), the Basílica Pontificia de San Miguel, the Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha (royal, a National Shrine), the Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande (also royal).

History

• It was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII as Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares / Matriten(sis) et Compluten(sis) (Latin adjective), on canonical territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo.^[1]
• It was raised to the level of non-Metropolitan (exempt?) Archdiocese of Madrid on 25 March 1964 by Pope Paul VI.
• Pope John Paul II gave the Archdiocese Metropolitan status on 23 July 1991, while creating two suffragan dioceses split off from its territory : Getafe and Alcalá de Henares.
• It enjoyed papal visits from Pope John Paul II (1982.10, 1982.11, 1993.06, 2003.05) and Pope Benedict XVI (August 2011)

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,553,000 Catholics (86.7% of 4,099,700 total) on 3,663 km² in 482 parishes and 108 missions with 3,107 priests (1,417 diocesan, 1,690 religious), 31 deacons, 9,082 lay religious (2,245 brothers, 6,837 sisters) and 204 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

It only suffragan sees are its daughters :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Getafe
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Alcalá de Henares

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Madrid

• Narciso Martínez Izquierdo (1884.03.27 – death 1886.04.18), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1884.03.27) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1884.03.27)
• Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (1886.06.10 – 1892.07.11), previously Titular Bishop of Areopolis (1876.01.28 – 1882.03.27) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) (1876.01.28 – 1882.03.27), Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1882.03.27 – 1886.06.10); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1892.07.11 – 1898.03.24), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1895.12.02 – death 1909.02.25), Latin Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1898.03.24 – 1909.02.25), Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) (1898.03.24 – 1909.02.25)
• Archbishop-bishop Jose María Cos y Macho (1892.06.11 – 1901.04.18), previously Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1886.06.10 – 1889.02.14), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) (1889.02.14 – 1892.06.11); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1901.04.18 – death 1919.12.17), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1912.12.02 – 1919.12.17)
• Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez (1901.12.16 – 1905.12.14), previously Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1893.06.15 – 1897.04.19), Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1897.04.19 – 1901.12.16); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1905.12.14 – 1914.01.01), Latin Patriarch of the West Indies (1914.01.01 – 1920.09.02), Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) (1914.01.01 – death 1920.09.02), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1914.09.08 – 1920.09.02)
• José Maria Salvador y Barrera (1905.12.14 – 1916.12.14) , previously Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1901.12.16 – 1905.12.14) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Tudela (Spain) (1901.12.16 – 1905.12.14); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1916.12.14 – death 1919.09.04)
• Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1916.12.04 – 1922.12.14), previously Titular Bishop of Olympus (1907.12.19 – 1913.07.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) (1907.12.19 – 1913.07.18), Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1922.12.14 – death 1945.10.31), Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Segorbe (Spain) (1940 – 1944.08.10)
• Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1922.12.14 – 1963.07.31), previously Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1914.05.28 – 1917.03.22), Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14); later Latin Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1946.07.21 – death 1963.07.31)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Father José Solé y Mercadé (1925.08.29 – 1925.11), no titular/other prelature
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (1943.01.25 – 1950.05.13), Titular Bishop of Agathopolis (1943.01.25 – 1950.05.13), next Bishop of Bilbao (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1955.09.21), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1955.09.21 – 1964.03.27), Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions (1962 – 1967) - see below
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José María García Lahiguera (1950.05.17 – 1964.07.07), Titular Bishop of Zela (1950.05.17 – 1964.07.07); later Bishop of Huelva (Spain) (1964.07.07 – 1969.07.01), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1969.07.01 – retired 1978.05.25), died 1989
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Juan Ricote Alonso (1951.02.19 – 1965.01.23), Titular Bishop of Miletopolis (1951.02.19 – 1968.12.08), also as Coadjutor Bishop of Teruel (Spain) (1965.01.23 – 1968.12.08), later succeeding as Bishop of Teruel (1968.12.08 – death 1972.10.08) and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain) (1968.12.08 – 1972.10.08).

Non-metropolitan Archbishops of Madrid

• Casimiro Morcillo González (see above 1964.03.27 – death 1971.05.30), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1966 – 1969), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1969 – 1971.05.30); previously Titular Bishop of Agathopolis (1943.01.25 – 1950.05.13) as Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (1943.01.25 – 1950.05.13), Bishop of Bilbao (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1955.09.21), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1955.09.21 – 1964.03.27), Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions (1962 – 1967)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Maximino Romero de Lema (1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19), Titular Bishop of Horta, Africa (1964.06.15 – 1968.10.19); later Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1968.10.19 – 1973.03.21), Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari (1973 – 1986), Secretary of Congregation for Clergy (1973.03.21 – 1986), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Novigrad (Cittanova) (1973.03.21 – death 1996.10.29)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José Guerra Campos (1964.06.15 – 1973.04.13), Titular Bishop of Mutia (1964.06.15 – 1973.04.13); later Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1966 – 1972), Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1973.04.13 – retired 1996.06.26); died 1997
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Angel Morta Figuls (1965.01.19 – death 1972.06.21), Titular Bishop of Gubaliana (1965.01.19 – 1972.06.21)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Ramón Echarren Istúriz (1969.11.17 – 1978.11.27), Titular Bishop of Denia (1969.11.17 – 1978.11.27); later Bishop of Islas Canarias (Canary Islands, Spain) (1978.11.27 – retired 2005.11.26), died 2014
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Ricardo Blanco Granda (1969.11.17 – death 1986.08.02), Titular Bishop of Cincari (1969.11.17 – 1986.08.02)
  • Apostolic Administrator Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1971.05.30 – 1971.12.03 see below) while Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1969.01.30 – 1971.12.03), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (1969.04.30 – 1994.11.28), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1971 – 1981); previously Bishop of Solsona (Spain) (1945.11.25 – 1964.04.12), Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1964.04.12 – 1969.01.30), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1969 – 1971)
• Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (see above 1971.12.03 – retired 1983.04.12), died 1994
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Victorio Oliver Domingo (1972.09.05 – 1976.12.20), Titular Bishop of Limisa (1972.09.05 – 1976.12.20); later Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1976.12.20 – 1981.05.27), Bishop of Albacete (Spain) (1981.05.27 – 1996.02.22), Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain) (1996.02.22 – retired 2005.11.26)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José Manuel Estepa Llaurens (1972.09.05 – 1983.07.30), Titular Bishop of Tisili (1972.09.05 – 1983.07.30); later last Archbishop Military Vicar of Spain (Spain) (1983.07.30 – 1986.07.21), Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus (1983.07.30 – 1989.11.18), restyled first Archbishop Military Ordinary of Spain (Spain) (1986.07.21 – 2003.10.30), Titular Archbishop of Italica (1989.11.18 – 1998.03.07), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa (2010.11.20 [2011.04.29] – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Alberto Iniesta Jiménez (1972.09.05 – retired 1998.04.05), Titular Bishop of Tubernuca (1972.09.05 – death 2016.01.03)
• Angel Suquía Goicoechea (1983.04.12 – 1991.07.23 see below), previously Bishop of Almería (Spain) (1966.05.17 – 1969.11.28), Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1969.11.28 – 1973.04.13), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1973.04.13 – 1983.04.12)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin (1985.03.20 – 1991.07.23), Titular Bishop of Tigillava (1985.03.20 – 1991.07.23); next Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (1991.07.23 – death 2004.02.24)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente (1985.03.20 – 1992.07.24), Titular Bishop of Nin (1985.03.20 – 1992.07.24), Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1988 – 1993); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1992.07.24 – 2009.01.08), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello (2007.11.24 [2008.04.05] – death 2011.05.01)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández (1985.03.20 – 1996.03.15), Titular Bishop of Voli (1985.03.20 – 1996.03.15); later Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1996.03.15 – 2003.03.15), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (2003.03.15 – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Luis Gutiérrez Martín, Claretians (C.M.F.) (1988.09.15 – 1995.05.12), Titular Bishop of Tisedi (1988.09.15 – 1995.05.12); next Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1995.05.12 – retired 2007.11.03), died 2016

Metropolitan Archbishops of Madrid

• Angel Suquía Goicoechea (see above 1991.07.23 – retired 1994.07.28), created Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (1985.05.25 – death 2006.07.13), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1987 – 1993)
• Antonio Rouco Varela (1994.07.28 – 2014.08.28), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1998.02.21 [1998.10.11] – ...), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1999.03.02 – 2005.03.08 & 2008.03.04 – 2014.03.12)), Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2004.12.16 – 2014.02.24); previously Titular Bishop of Gergis (1976.09.17 – 1984.05.09) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1976.09.17 – 1983.06.11?1984.05.09), Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Compostela (1983.06.11 – 1984.05.09), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1984.05.09 – 1994.07.28)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: César Augusto Franco Martínez (1996.05.14 – 2014.11.12), Titular Bishop of Ursona (1996.05.14 – 2014.11.12); later Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (2014.11.12 – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Fidel Herráez Vegas (1996.05.14 – 2015.10.30), Titular Bishop of Cediæ (1996.05.14 – 2015.10.30); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (2015.10.30 – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Eugenio Romero Pose (1997.03.07 – death 2007.03.25), Titular Bishop of Turuda (1997.03.07 – 2007.03.25)
• Carlos Osoro Sierra (2014.08.28 - ... ), also Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (2014.03.12 – 2017.03.14), Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite (Spain) (2016.06.09 – ...), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (2016.11.19 [2017.02.25] – ...); previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1996.12.27 – 2002.01.07), Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo (Spain) (2002.01.07 – 2009.01.08) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Santander (Spain) (2006.09.23 – 2007.07.27), remaining Apostolic Administrator of Oviedo (2009.01.08 – 2009.11.21), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (2009.01.08 – 2014.08.28)
  • Auxiliary Bishop (2007.11.17 – ...): Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, Jesuit Order (S.J.), Titular Bishop of Bigastro (2007.11.17 – ...), former Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain (2003.06.18 – 2013.11.20).

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Spain, Andorra, Ceuta and Gibraltar

References

1. ↑ "Madrid-Alcalá". Catholic Encyclopedia. 

Sources and external links

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Madrid-Alcalá.

• GCatholic, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections

Coordinates: 40°24′56″N 3°42′53″W / 40.4156°N 3.7146°W / 40.4156; -3.7146