Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid Archidioecesis Metropolitae Matritensis Archidiócesis Metropolitana de Madrid
Antonio Rouco Varela Carlos Osoro Sierra
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On 20 January 2021, a large explosion damaged Our Lady of Paloma parish in downtown Madrid, and killed four men, including a parishioner and a priest of the parish, Ruben Perez Ayala. Perez had been ordained to the priesthood six months before. The explosion was caused by a gas leak in a boiler which the parishioner, David Santos Munoz, an electrician, had been called to inspect.^[2]

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

Its only

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

Ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Madrid

• Narciso Martínez Izquierdo (27 Mar 1884 – death 18 Apr 1886), previously Bishop of
  Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
  (Spain) (16 Jan 1874 – 27 Mar 1884)
• Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (24 Mar 1898 – 25 Feb 1909), Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Toledo
  (Spain) (24 Mar 1898 – 25 Feb 1909)
• S. Maria del Popolo
  (2 Dec 1912 – 17 Dec 1919)
• Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
  (8 Sep 1914 – 2 Sep 1920)
• José Maria Salvador y Barrera (14 Dec 1905 – 14 Dec 1916), previously Bishop of
  Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Tudela (Spain) (16 Dec 1901 – 14 Dec 1905); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia
  (Spain) (14 Dec 1916 – death 4 Sep 1919)
• Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (4 Dec 1916 – 14 Dec 1922), previously
  Diocese of Segorbe
  (Spain) (1940 – 10 Aug 1944)
• Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (14 Dec 1922 – 31 Jul 1963), previously Bishop of
  Latin Patriarch of Indias Occidentales
  (21 Jul 1946 – death 31 Jul 1963)
  • Auxiliary Bishop
    : Father José Solé y Mercadé (29 Aug 1925 – 1925.11), no titular/other prelature
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (25 Jan 1943 – 13 May 1950), Titular Bishop of
    Agathopolis (25 Jan 1943 – 13 May 1950), next Bishop of Bilbao (Spain) (13 May 1950 – 21 Sep 1955), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (21 Sep 1955 – 27 Mar 1964), Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions
    (1962 – 1967)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José María García Lahiguera (17 May 1950 – 7 Jul 1964), Titular Bishop of
    Zela (17 May 1950 – 7 Jul 1964); later Bishop of Huelva (Spain) (7 Jul 1964 – 1 Jul 1969), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia
    (Spain) (1 Jul 1969 – retired 25 May 1978), died 1989
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Juan Ricote Alonso (19 Feb 1951 – 23 Jan 1965), Titular Bishop of
    Albarracin
    (Spain) (8 Dec 1968 – 8 Oct 1972)

• Casimiro Morcillo González (27 Mar 1964 – death 30 May 1971), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1966 – 1969), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1969 – 30 May 1971); previously
  Agathopolis (25 Jan 1943 – 13 May 1950) as Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (25 Jan 1943 – 13 May 1950), Bishop of Bilbao (Spain) (13 May 1950 – 21 Sep 1955), Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza
  (Spain) (21 Sep 1955 – 27 Mar 1964), Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions (1962 – 1967)
  • Titular Archbishop of Novigrad (Cittanova)
    (21 Mar 1973 – death 29 Oct 1996)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: José Guerra Campos (15 Jun 1964 – 13 Apr 1973), Titular Bishop of Mutia (15 Jun 1964 – 13 Apr 1973); later Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1966 – 1972), Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (13 Apr 1973 – retired 26 Jun 1996); died 1997
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Angel Morta Figuls (19 Jan 1965 – death 21 Jun 1972), Titular Bishop of Gubaliana (19 Jan 1965 – 21 Jun 1972)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Ramón Echarren Istúriz (17 Nov 1969 – 27 Nov 1978), Titular Bishop of
    Islas Canarias
    (Canary Islands, Spain) (27 Nov 1978 – retired 26 Nov 2005), died 2014
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Ricardo Blanco Granda (17 Nov 1969 – death 2 Aug 1986), Titular Bishop of Cincari (17 Nov 1969 – 2 Aug 1986)
  • Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto (30 Apr 1969 – 28 Nov 1994), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1971 – 1981); previously Bishop of Solsona (Spain) (25 Nov 1945 – 12 Apr 1964), Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo
    (Spain) (12 Apr 1964 – 30 Jan 1969), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1969 – 1971)
• Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (see above 3 Dec 1971 – retired 12 Apr 1983), died 1994
  • Orihuela–Alicante
    (Spain) (22 Feb 1996 – retired 26 Nov 2005)
  • Auxiliary Bishop:
    Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa
    (20 Nov 2010 [29 Apr 2011] – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Alberto Iniesta Jiménez (5 Sep 1972 – retired 5 Apr 1998), Titular Bishop of
    Tubernuca
    (5 Sep 1972 – death 3 Jan 2016)
• Málaga (Spain) (28 Nov 1969 – 13 Apr 1973), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
  (Spain) (13 Apr 1973 – 12 Apr 1983)
  • Titular Bishop of Tigillava (20 Mar 1985 – 23 Jul 1991); next Bishop of Getafe
    (Spain) (23 Jul 1991 – death 24 Feb 2004)
  • Auxiliary Bishop:
    S. Marcello
    (24 Nov 2007 [5 Apr 2008] – death 1 May 2011)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández (20 Mar 1985 – 15 Mar 1996), Titular Bishop of Voli (20 Mar 1985 – 15 Mar 1996); later Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (15 Mar 1996 – 15 Mar 2003), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (15 Mar 2003 – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Luis Gutiérrez Martín, Claretians (C.M.F.) (15 Sep 1988 – 12 May 1995), Titular Bishop of Tisedi (15 Sep 1988 – 12 May 1995); next Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (12 May 1995 – retired 3 Nov 2007), died 2016

Metropolitan Archbishops of Madrid

• Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
  (25 May 1985 – death 13 Jul 2006), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1987 – 1993)
• Apostolic Administrator
  of Santiago de Compostela (11 Jun 1983 – 9 May 1984), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (9 May 1984 – 28 Jul 1994)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: César Augusto Franco Martínez (14 May 1996 – 12 Nov 2014), Titular Bishop of Ursona (14 May 1996 – 12 Nov 2014); later Bishop of Segovia
    (Spain) (12 Nov 2014 – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Fidel Herráez Vegas (14 May 1996 – 30 Oct 2015), Titular Bishop of
    Cediæ (14 May 1996 – 30 Oct 2015); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos
    (Spain) (30 Oct 2015 – ...)
  • Auxiliary Bishop: Eugenio Romero Pose (7 Mar 1997 – death 25 Mar 2007), Titular Bishop of Turuda (7 Mar 1997 – 25 Mar 2007)
• Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Santander (Spain) (23 Sep 2006 – 27 Jul 2007), remaining Apostolic Administrator of Oviedo (8 Jan 2009 – 21 Nov 2009), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia
  (Spain) (8 Jan 2009 – 28 Aug 2014)
  • Titular Bishop of Bigastro
    (17 Nov 2007 – ...), former Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain (18 Jun 2003 – 20 Nov 2013).
• José Cobo Cano (12 June 2023^[3] – present)

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Madrid-Alcalá". Catholic Encyclopedia.
2. ^ Sccmediaserver (2021-01-21). "Priest, parishioner among casualties in Madrid explosion". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
3. ^ "Resignations and Appointments, 12.06.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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

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