Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Santa Fe / Sanctæ Fidei in America Septentrionali (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Gallup, Las Cruces, Phoenix, Tucson

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 16

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1850.07.23: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of New Mexico (from Diocese of Durango)
1853.07.29: Promoted as Diocese of Santa Fe / Sanctæ Fidei in America Septentrionali (Latin) (became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1868.02.05: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Colorado and Utah
1868.09.25: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Arizona
1875.02.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Fe / Sanctæ Fidei in America Septentrionali (Latin)
1887.08.16: Gained suffragan see Denver
1897.05.08: Gained suffragan see Tucson
1939.12.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gallup and gained suffragan see Gallup
1941.11.15: Lost suffragan see Denver
1969.06.28: Gained suffragan see Phoenix
1982.08.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Las Cruces and gained suffragan see Las Cruces

Contact Info

Address: 4000 St. Joseph’s Place NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120, USA

Phone: +1 (505) 831-8100

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.04.27 – ...):

Archbishop John Charles Wester (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santa Fe (Roman Rite)

Archbishop John Charles Wester (74)
(2015.04.27 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA)

Abide in Christ

Born:	1950.11.05 (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1976.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.18

Priest of San Francisco (USA) (1976.05.15 – 1998.06.30)

Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga (1998.06.30 – 2007.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (USA) (1998.06.30 – 2007.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of San Francisco (USA) (2005.05.13 – 2005.12.15)

Bishop of Salt Lake City (USA) (2007.01.08 – 2015.04.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (2015.04.27 – ...)

Archbishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan
(1993.08.17 – 2015.04.27)

Love one another constantly

Born:	1939.07.09 (Wichita, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1964.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.06.17
Died:	2023.06.03 (Santa Fe, NM, USA † 83)

Priest of Dallas (USA) (1964.07.12 – 1983.03.25)

Bishop of Lubbock (USA) (1983.03.25 – 1993.08.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe (USA) (1993.04.06 – 1993.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1993.08.17 – 2015.04.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Phoenix (USA) (2003.06.18 – 2003.11.25)

Bishop Michael Jarboe Sheehan (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1993.04.06 – 1993.08.17)

Archbishop Robert Fortune Sanchez
(1974.06.01 – 1993.04.06)

Instrumentum pacis

Born:	1934.03.20 (Socorro, NM, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.07.25
Died:	2012.01.20 (Albuquerque, NM, USA † 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1974.06.01 – 1993.04.06)

Archbishop James Peter Davis
(1964.01.03 – 1974.06.01)

In viam pacis

Born:	1904.06.09 (Houghton, MI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.10.06
Died:	1988.03.04 († 83)

Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1943.07.03 – 1960.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1960.04.30 – 1964.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1964.01.03 – 1974.06.01)

Archbishop Edwin Vincent Byrne
(1943.06.12 – 1963.07.26)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1891.08.09 (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1915.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.11.30
Died:	1963.07.26 († 71)

Bishop of Ponce (Puerto Rico) (1925.06.23 – 1929.03.08)

Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1929.03.08 – 1943.06.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1943.06.12 – 1963.07.26)

Archbishop Rudolph Aloysius Gerken
(1933.06.02 – 1943.03.02)

Non ego sed tu Domine / Not me but you, O Lord

Born:	1887.03.07 (Dyersville, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.04.26
Died:	1943.03.02 (Santa Fe, NM, USA † 55)

Bishop of Amarillo (USA) (1926.08.25 – 1933.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1933.06.02 – 1943.03.02)

Archbishop Albert Thomas Daeger, O.F.M.
(1919.03.10 – 1932.12.02)

Deus meus et omnia

Born:	1872.03.05 (Faribault, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1896.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.05.07
Died:	1932.12.02 († 60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1919.03.10 – 1932.12.02)

Archbishop John Baptist Pitaval
(1909.01.03 – 1918.07.29)

Iter para tutum

Born:	1858.02.10 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1881.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.07.25
Died:	1928.05.23 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Sora (1902.05.15 – 1909.01.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1902.05.15 – 1909.01.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1909.01.03 – 1918.07.29)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1918.07.29 – 1928.05.23)

Archbishop Peter Bourgade
(1899.01.07 – 1908.05.17)

Ego Mater Sanctæ Spei

Born:	1845.10.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1869.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.05.01
Died:	1908.05.17 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Thaumaci (1885.02.07 – 1897.05.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Arizona (USA) (1885.02.07 – 1897.05.08)

Bishop of Tucson (USA) (1897.05.08 – 1899.01.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1899.01.07 – 1908.05.17)

Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle
(1894.01.07 – 1897.12.01)

Deus providebit

Born:	1842.08.28 (Rhunes, France)
Ordained Priest:	1865.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.11.01
Died:	1905.08.09 († 62)

Priest of Baltimore (USA) (1865.06.28 – 1891.08.21)

Titular Bishop of Arabissus (1891.08.21 – 1893.05.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1891.08.21 – 1893.05.12)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastia (1893.05.12 – 1894.01.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1893.05.12 – 1894.01.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1894.01.07 – 1897.12.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA) (1897.12.01 – 1905.08.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico (1898.10.11 – 1905.08.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico (1898.10.11 – 1905.08.09)

Apostolic Delegate to Philippines (1899.09.28 – 1901)

Archbishop John Baptist Salpointe
(1885.08.18 – 1894.01.07)

Fides

Born:	1825.02.22 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1851.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1869.06.20
Died:	1898.07.15 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (1868.09.25 – 1884.04.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Arizona (USA) (1868.09.25 – 1884.04.22)

Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (1884.04.22 – 1885.08.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1884.04.22 – 1885.08.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1885.08.18 – 1894.01.07)

Titular Archbishop of Constantia antea Tomi (1894.01.21 – 1898.07.15)

Archbishop John Baptist Lamy
(1875.02.12 – 1885.08.18)

Fides et opera

Born:	1814.10.11 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1838.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1850.11.24
Died:	1888.02.13 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Agathonice (1850.07.23 – 1853.07.29)

Vicar Apostolic of New Mexico (USA) (1850.07.23 – 1853.07.29)

Bishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1853.07.29 – 1875.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santa Fe (USA) (1875.02.12 – 1885.08.18)

Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus (1885.08.18 – 1888.02.13)

Bishops of Santa Fe (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Lamy (later Archbishop)
(1853.07.29 – 1875.02.12)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of New Mexico (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Lamy (later Archbishop)
(1850.07.23 – 1853.07.29)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle (1893.05.12 – 1894.01.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop John Baptist Salpointe (1884.04.22 – 1885.08.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sidney Matthew Metzger (1940.01.05 – 1941.12.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Baptist Pitaval (later Archbishop) (1902.05.15 – 1909.01.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Placide Louis Chapelle (later Archbishop) (1891.08.21 – 1893.05.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico
World Heritage Site: Chapel of San Geronimo, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
World Heritage Site: San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
Diocesan Shrine: El Santuario de Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (330)

Gallup (←), Pueblo (↑), Oklahoma City (↗), Amarillo (→), Lubbock (↘), Las Cruces (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 158,296 km²

Population: 327,368 Catholics (24.9% of 1,312,167 total)

Pastoral Centres: 93 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 186 priests (131 diocesan, 55 religious), 185 deacons, 169 religious (104 brothers, 65 sisters), 12 seminarians