Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hermosillo
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The Archdiocese of Hermosillo (
Roman Catholic Archdiocese located in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Its area is 90,959 sq. miles, and its population (2004) 1,067,051. The bishop resides at Hermosillo
.
The Archdiocese of Hermosillo is a
Culiacán, and the newly created (in 2015) Nogales
.
The Diocese of Hermosillo was originally created as the
Diocese of Sonora
on May 7, 1779. On September 1, 1959 the name was changed to Diocese of Hermosillo; it was elevated to Archdiocese on July 13, 1963.
The current[update] Archbishop of Hermosillo is Ruy Rendon Leal.
The Archdiocese is headed in
Hermosillo Cathedral
.
History
The Gospel was first preached in the territory by the celebrated
Father Kino
. When the Jesuits were expelled from all the Spanish colonies (1767) they had the following residences: Mission of the Upper and Lower Pimeria (Guazaves, Aconche, Mátape, Oposura, Movas, S. Ignacio, Arizpe, Aribechi, Batuco, Onavas, Cucurupe, Cumuripa, Saguaripa, Sta Maria Soanca, Tubutama, Odope, Saric, Tecoripa, Ures, Caborca, Babispe, Baca de Guachi, Cuquiarachi, Onapa, Banamichi); S. Javier del Bac, Santa Maria Basoraca, and Guebabi, which were then in the territory now belonging to the United States; Mission del Rio Yaqui (Huirivis, Belem, Rahum, Torim, Bacum); Mission del Rio Mayo (Santa Cruz, Caamoa, Nabojoa, Conicari, Batacosa).
On 7 May 1779,
Bishops
Bishops of Diocese of Sonora and of Diocese/Archdiocese of Hermosillo
- Bishop Antonio María de los Reyes Almada, O.F.M. (1780–1787)
- Bishop José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, O.F.M. (1788–1794), appointed Bishop of Durango
- Bishop J. Damián Martínez de Galinsonga, O.F.M. (1794–1795), appointed Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
- Bishop Francisco Rousset de Jesús y Rosas, O.F.M. (1798–1814)
- Bishop Bernardo del Espíritu Santo Martínez y Ocejo, O.C.D. (1817–1825)
- Bishop Angel Mariano de Morales y Jasso (1832–1834)
- Bishop José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros (1837–1850), appointed Archbishop of México, Federal District
- Bishop Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé (1852–1868), appointed Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Bishop Gil Alamán y García Castrillo (1868–1869)
- Bishop José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez (1869–1883), appointed Bishop of Sinaloa
- Bishop Jesús María Rico y Santoyo, O.F.M. (1883–1884)
- Bishop Herculano López de la Mora (1887–1902)
- Bishop Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz (1902–1913)
- Bishop Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero (1919–1968), raised to Archbishop in 1963
- Archbishop Carlos Quintero Arce (1968–1996)
- Archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo (1996–2016)
- Archbishop Ruy Rendon y Leal (2016–present[update])
Coadjutor archbishop
- Carlos Quintero Arce (1966–1968)
Auxiliary bishop
- Juan Francisco Escalante y Moreno (1855–1872)
Other priests of the diocese who became bishops
- Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda, appointed Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca in 2000
- Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez, appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas in 2005
See also
- List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Web Translator".
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