Archdiocese of Madrid
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is one of Spain's fourteen metropolitan archbishoprics. Since 12 June 2023 the archbishop of Madrid has been José Cobo Cano.
Although Madrid has been the seat of the Spanish Crown since 1561, the diocese was only created in the late 19th century and gained the status of an archdiocese in 1991. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena, in Spain's national capital Madrid. The metropolitan city area also has several minor basilicas: the Basílica Ex-Catedral de San Isidro, the Basílica de San Lorenzo, the Basílica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, the Basílica de la Concepción de Nuestra Señora, the Basílica de Nuestro Padre Jesús de Medinaceli, the Basílica de San Vicente de Paul, the Basílica de Santa Cruz, the Basílica Pontificia de San Miguel, the Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha, the Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande.
History
It was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII as the Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares / Matriten et Compluten, on canonical territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo. It was made the 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 Roman Catholic [Diocese of Alcalá de Henares|Alcalá de Henares]. The archdiocese hosted papal visits from Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI.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.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,553,000 Catholics on 3,663 km2 in 482 parishes and 108 missions with 3,107 priests, 31 deacons, 9,082 lay religious and 204 seminarians.Ecclesiastical province
Its only suffragan sees are its daughters :Ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishops of Madrid- Narciso Martínez Izquierdo, previously Bishop of Salamanca and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
- Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás, previously Titular Bishop of Areopolis as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Toledo , Bishop of Ávila ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic [Archdiocese of Valencia in Spain|Valencia] , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio, Latin Patriarch of Indias Occidentales, Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Toledo
- Archbishop-bishop Jose María Cos y Macho, previously Bishop of Mondoñedo , Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo
- Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez, previously Bishop of Osma , Bishop of Jaén ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia in Spain|Valencia] , Latin Patriarch of the West Indies, Metropolitan Archbishop of Archdiocese of Toledo , created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
- José Maria Salvador y Barrera, previously Bishop of Tarazona and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Tudela ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia
- Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, previously Titular Bishop of Olympus as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Toledo , Bishop of Vitoria ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia , Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Segorbe
- Leopoldo Eijo y Garay, previously Bishop of Tui , Bishop of Vitoria ; later Latin Patriarch of Indias Occidentales
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Father José Solé y Mercadé, no titular/other prelature
- * Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Titular Bishop of Agathopolis, next Bishop of Bilbao , Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza , Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions
- * Auxiliary Bishop: José María García Lahiguera, Titular Bishop of Zela ; later Bishop of Huelva , Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia , died 1989
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Juan Ricote Alonso, Titular Bishop of Miletopolis, also as Coadjutor Bishop of Teruel , later succeeding as Bishop of Teruel and Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin
- Casimiro Morcillo González, Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain, President of Episcopal Conference of Spain ; previously Titular Bishop of Agathopolis as Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares, Bishop of Bilbao , Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza , Undersecretary of Central Commission for the Coordination of the Postconciliar Work and the Interpretation of Conciliar Resolutions
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Maximino Romero de Lema, Titular Bishop of Horta, Africa ; later Bishop of Ávila , Secretary of Commission of Cardinals for the Pontifical Shrines of Pompeii, Loreto and Bari, Secretary of Congregation for Clergy, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Novigrad (Cittanova)
- * Auxiliary Bishop: José Guerra Campos, Titular Bishop of Mutia ; later Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain, Bishop of Cuenca ; died 1997
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Angel Morta Figuls, Titular Bishop of Gubaliana
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Ramón Echarren Istúriz, Titular Bishop of Denia ; later Bishop of Islas Canarias , died 2014
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Ricardo Blanco Granda, Titular Bishop of Cincari
- *Apostolic Administrator Vicente Enrique y Tarancón while Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto, President of Episcopal Conference of Spain ; previously Bishop of Solsona , Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo , Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain
- Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, died 1994
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Victorio Oliver Domingo, Titular Bishop of Limisa ; later Bishop of Tarazona , Bishop of Albacete , Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante
- * Auxiliary Bishop: José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Titular Bishop of Tisili ; later last Archbishop Military Vicar of Spain , Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus, restyled first Archbishop Military Ordinary of Spain , Titular Archbishop of Italica, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Alberto Iniesta Jiménez, Titular Bishop of Tubernuca
- Angel Suquía Goicoechea, previously Bishop of Almería , Bishop of Málaga , Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin, Titular Bishop of Tigillava ; next Bishop of Getafe
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Agustín García-Gasco y Vicente, Titular Bishop of Nin, Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia , created Cardinal-Priest of S. Marcello
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández, Titular Bishop of Voli ; later Bishop of Córdoba , Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Luis Gutiérrez Martín, Claretians , Titular Bishop of Tisedi ; next Bishop of Segovia , died 2016
- Angel Suquía Goicoechea, created Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio, President of Episcopal Conference of Spain
- Antonio Rouco Varela, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso, President of Episcopal Conference of Spain ), Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See ; previously Titular Bishop of Gergis as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela , Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Compostela, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- * Auxiliary Bishop: César Augusto Franco Martínez, Titular Bishop of Ursona ; later Bishop of Segovia
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Fidel Herráez Vegas, Titular Bishop of Cediæ ; later Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos
- * Auxiliary Bishop: Eugenio Romero Pose, Titular Bishop of Turuda
- Carlos Osoro Sierra, also Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain, Ordinary of Spain of the Eastern Rite , created Cardinal Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere ; previously Bishop of Orense , Metropolitan Archbishop of Oviedo and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Santander , remaining Apostolic Administrator of Oviedo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia
- * Auxiliary Bishop : Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, S.J., Titular Bishop of Bigastro, former Secretary General of Episcopal Conference of Spain.
- José Cobo Cano