Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid

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Archdiocese of Madrid

Archidioecesis Matritensis

Archidiócesis de Madrid
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Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Madrid
Statistics
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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)
Map
File:Diocesisdemadrid.png
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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 Carlos Osoro Sierra, Archbishop of Valencia as the next archbishop of Madrid.

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Madrid

References

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