Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Toluca

Mexico Mexico

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Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Toluca / Tolucen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Atlacomulco, Cuernavaca, Tenancingo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Contact Info

Address: Portal Reforma Nte. #104, 50000 - Toluca, Mex., Mexico

Phone: (722) 2-15-25-35

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.03.19 – ...):Archbishop Raúl Gómez González (70)Archbishop Raúl Gómez González (70)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.10.28 – ...):Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda (73)Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda (73)

Titular Bishop of Lugura

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Toluca (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Raúl Gómez González (70)Archbishop Raúl Gómez González (70)
(2022.03.19 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toluca (Mexico)

In nomine Domini

Born:1954.02.17 (Capilla de Guadalupe, JAL, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1983.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:2010.01.25

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1983.04.23 – 2009.11.26)

Bishop of Tenancingo (Mexico) (2009.11.26 – 2022.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toluca (Mexico) (2022.03.19 – ...)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos (78)Archbishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos (78)
(2019.09.28 – 2022.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Toluca (Mexico)

In caritate Dei et patientia Christi

Born:1946.06.03 (Autlán de la Grana, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:1991.07.16

Priest of Tijuana (Mexico) (1972.12.10 – 1991.06.01)

Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (1991.06.01 – 2003.12.27)

Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (2003.12.27 – 2019.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toluca (Mexico) (2019.09.28 – 2022.03.19)

Bishops of Toluca (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos (78)Bishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos (78) (later Archbishop)
(2003.12.27 – 2019.09.28)

(see above)

Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega (75)Bishop José Francisco Robles Ortega (75) (later Cardinal)
(1996.06.15 – 2003.01.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Presentazione
Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

In simplicitate fidei

Born:1949.03.02 (Mascota, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1976.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:1991.06.05
Created Cardinal:2007.11.24

Priest of Autlán (Mexico) (1976.07.20 – 1991.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Bossa (1991.04.30 – 1996.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (1991.04.30 – 1996.06.15)

Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (1996.06.15 – 2003.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2003.01.25 – 2011.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Presentazione (2007.11.24 [2008.10.25] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2011.12.07 – ...)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2012.11.14 – 2018.11.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Colima (Mexico) (2021.12.23 – 2023.05.13)

Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero
(1980.07.26 – 1995.10.15)

Born:1922.08.08 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1945.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1968.02.25
Died:1995.10.15 († 73)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (1967.12.30 – 1975.01.04)

Titular Bishop of Vegesela in Byzacena (1967.12.30 – 1980.07.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1975.01.04 – 1976)

Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (1980.07.26 – 1995.10.15)

Bishop Arturo Vélez Martínez
(1951.02.08 – 1979.09.21)

Born:1904.09.10 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:1934.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1951.04.11
Died:1989.08.22 († 84)

Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (1951.02.08 – 1979.09.21)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (185)

Ciudad Altamirano (↙), Tacámbaro (←), Morelia (↖), Atlacomulco (↑), Tlalnepantla (↗), México (→), Cuernavaca (↘), Tenancingo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,815 km²

Population: 3,404,000 Catholics (88.9% of 3,829,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 142 parishes

Personnel: 235 priests (228 diocesan, 7 religious), 295 religious (24 brothers, 271 sisters), 50 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.10.13

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