Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango
Archdiocese of Durango Archidioecesis Durangensis Arquidiócesis de Durango | |
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Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady | |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez |
Bishops emeritus | Héctor González Martinez Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes |
Map | |
Website | |
arquidiocesisdgo.org |
The
Durango, it is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán and Torreón as well as the Territorial Prelature of El Salto.[1][2]
Early history
The diocese had been erected in 1620 as the diocese for the entire northern area of New Spain and is considered a mother diocese-
Chihuahua
were formed from Durango as population expanded in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Diocese of Durango
Erected: 28 September 1620
- Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A. (12 Oct 1620 – 28 Jan 1631 Died)[3]
- Alfonso de Franco y Luna (7 Jun 1632 – 30 May 1639 Appointed, Bishop of La Paz)[4]
- O.S.B. (8 Aug 1639 – 14 May 1655 Appointed, Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca)[5]
- Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin (31 May 1655 – 27 Dec 1658 Died)[6]
- Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe (17 Nov 1659 – 21 Sep 1671 Died)[7]
- Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (16 Apr 1674 – 9 Sep 1675 Appointed, Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala)
- Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela, O.F.M.(16 Nov 1676 – 20 Nov 1684 Died)
- Manuel de Herrera, O.F.M. (13 May 1686 – 31 Jan 1689 Died)
- García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz (27 Aug 1691 – 8 Aug 1701 Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán)
- Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza (3 Oct 1701 – 19 May 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán)[8]
- Ignacio Diez de la Barrera y Bastida (16 Nov 1705 – 20 Sep 1709 Died)[9]
- Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia (26 Feb 1714 – 13 Apr 1722 Died)
- Benito Crespo y Monroy, O.S. (9 Oct 1722 – 20 Jan 1734 Confirmed, Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles))
- Martín de Elizacoechea (27 Jul 1735 – 8 Mar 1745 Confirmed, Bishop of Michoacán)
- Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle (10 Apr 1747 – 26 Sep 1757 Appointed, Bishop of Michoacán)
- Pedro Zamorana Romezal (19 Dec 1757 – 21 Dec 1768 Died)
- José Vicente Díaz Bravo, O. Carm.(20 Nov 1769 – 24 Apr 1772 Died)
- Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain (14 Dec 1772 – 12 Jun 1781 Died)
- Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota (15 Dec 1783 – 17 Jun 1793 Appointed, Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco)
- José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, O.F.M. (21 Feb 1794 – 19 Aug 1794 Died)[10]
- Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito (22 Feb 1795 – 26 Feb 1812 Died)
- Juan Francisco Castañiza Larrea y Gonzalez de Agüero (18 Dec 1815 – 29 Oct 1825 Died)
- José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante(28 Feb 1831 – 28 Nov 1863 Died)
- José Vicente Salinas e Infanzón (22 Jun 1868 – 9 Jan 1894 Died)
- Archdiocese of Durango
Elevated: 23 June 1891
- Santiago de Zubiría y Manzanera (18 Mar 1895 – 26 Jan 1909 Died)
- Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera (7 Aug 1909 – 23 Jul 1923 Died)
- José María González y Valencia (24 Mar 1924 – 28 Jan 1959 Died)
- Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia (25 May 1959 – 23 Aug 1961 Died)
- Antonio López Aviña (14 Dec 1961 – 4 Mar 1993 Retired)
- José Trinidad Medel Pérez (4 Mar 1993 – 5 Jun 2002 Resigned)
- Héctor González Martínez (11 Feb 2003 – 26 Sep 2014 Retired)
- José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (26 Sep 2014 – 25 Jan 2019 Appointed, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México)
- Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez (21 Sep 2019 - )
Auxiliary bishops
- José María González y Valencia (1922–1924), appointed Archbishop here
- Francisco Ferreira Arreola (1957–1960), appointed Bishop of Texcoco, México
- Rafael Barraza Sánchez (1979–1981), appointed Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa
- Manuel Mireles Vaquera (1982–1988), appointed Coadjutor Prelate of El Salto, Durango
- José Andrés Corral Arredondo (1989–1992), appointed Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua
- Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes (1993–2008)
- Enrique Sánchez Martínez (2008–2015), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría, appointed Bishop of Chihuahua in 1902
- Norberto Rivera Carrera, appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla in 1985; future Cardinal
Present Bishops
- Archbishop: Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez
- Archbishop Emeritus: Héctor González Martínez
- Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus: Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes
See also
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango.
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Durango" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Alfonso de Franco y Luna" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 24, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Ignacio Diez de la Barrera y Bastida" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 24, 2016
- ^ J. Benedict Warren, "An Introductory Survey of Secular Writings in the European Tradition on Colonial Middle America, 1503-1818, item 93, "José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, (1734-94)" in Handbook of Middle American Indians, vol. 13. Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources, Howard F. Cline, volume editor. Austin: University of Texas Press 1973, p.89.