Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: San Luis Potosí / Sancti Ludovici Potosien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ciudad Valles, Matehuala, Zacatecas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1854.08.31: Established as Diocese of San Luis Potosí / Sancti Ludovici Potosien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México, Diocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of México)
1863.01.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Zacatecas and became suffragan of Michoacán
1922.11.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Huejutla
1960.11.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ciudad Valles
1988.11.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí / Sancti Ludovici Potosien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Celaya, Ciudad Valles, León and Querétaro)
1997.05.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Matehuala and gained suffragan see Matehuala
2004.01.03: Gained suffragan see Irapuato
2006.11.25: Lost suffragan sees Celaya, Irapuato, León and Querétaro and gained suffragan see Zacatecas

Contact Info

Address: Madero # 300, Centro, 78000 - San Luis Pototí, S.L.P., Mexico

Phone: (444) 8-12-45-55

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.03.26 – ...):

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (62)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of San Luis Potosí (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (62)
(2022.03.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1962.07.31 (Monterrey, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1989.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.26

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1989.01.31 – 2009.01.07)

Titular Bishop of Isola (2009.01.07 – 2016.04.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2009.01.07 – 2016.04.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2015.07.29 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2016.04.02 – 2022.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (2022.03.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2022.06.29 – 2024.03.19)

Archbishop Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero (78)
(2012.04.03 – 2022.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

Dar la vida

Born:	1946.05.07 (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1972.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.12.19

Priest of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1972.04.12 – 2008.10.08)

Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (2008.10.08 – 2012.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (2012.04.03 – 2022.03.26)

Archbishop Luis Morales Reyes
(1999.01.20 – 2012.04.03)

Born:	1936.07.05 (Churumuco, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.05.04
Died:	2024.02.02 (San Luis Potosí, Mexico † 87)

Priest of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1962.12.02 – 1976.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Burca (1976.03.08 – 1979.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1976.03.08 – 1979.06.05)

Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (1979.06.05 – 1985.02.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón (Mexico) (1985.02.19 – 1990.06.27)

Bishop of Torreón (Mexico) (1990.06.27 – 1999.01.20)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1997 – 2003)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1999.01.20 – 2012.04.03)

Archbishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez
(1988.11.05 – 1999.01.20)

Born:	1922.01.17 (Tampico, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1947.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.06.21
Died:	2018.05.29 († 96)

Titular Bishop of Cerasus (1960.04.20 – 1965.03.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1960.04.20 – 1965.03.21)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (1965.03.21 – 1968.08.13)

Bishop of Tampico (Mexico) (1968.08.13 – 1987.01.27)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1987.01.27 – 1988.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1988.11.05 – 1999.01.20)

Bishops of San Luis Potosí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez (later Archbishop)
(1987.01.27 – 1988.11.05)

(see above)

Bishop Ezequiel Perea Sánchez
(1972.11.25 – 1986.04.25)

Born:	1911.04.09 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1936.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.01.12
Died:	1986.11.10 († 75)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1972.11.25 – 1986.04.25)

Bishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa (later Archbishop)
(1968.03.03 – 1972.07.03)

Born:	1918.10.23 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.04.12
Died:	2006.07.13 († 87)

Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (1959.01.20 – 1968.03.03)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1968.03.03 – 1972.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico) (1972.07.03 – 1995.01.20)

Bishop Luis Cabrera Cruz
(1958.08.25 – 1967.09.02)

Born:	1893.10.11 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1919.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.02.24
Died:	1967.09.02 († 73)

Bishop of Papantla (Mexico) (1950.12.04 – 1958.08.25)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1958.08.25 – 1967.09.02)

Bishop Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla
(1941.10.03 – 1958.06.16)

Born:	1881.10.03 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1904.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.06.13
Died:	1958.06.16 († 76)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1920.03.08 – 1941.10.03)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1941.10.03 – 1958.06.16)

Bishop Guillermo Tritschler y Córdoba (later Archbishop)
(1931.01.30 – 1941.02.22)

Crescamus in illo per omnia

Born:	1878.07.06 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1904.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.04.22
Died:	1952.07.29 († 74)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1931.01.30 – 1941.02.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (1941.02.22 – 1952.07.29)

Bishop Miguel María de la Mora y Mora
(1922.02.24 – 1930.07.14)

Born:	1874.08.14
Ordained Priest:	1897.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.05.07
Died:	1930.07.14 († 55)

Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1911.02.09 – 1922.02.24)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1922.02.24 – 1930.07.14)

Bishop Jose Maria Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (later Archbishop)
(1884.11.13 – 1920.12.16)

Born:	1840.06.26 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1863.02.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1871.03.12
Died:	1921.08.18 († 81)

Bishop of Ciudad Victoria–Tamaulipas (Mexico) (1871.03.06 – 1879.09.19)

Bishop of Linares (Mexico) (1879.09.19 – 1884.11.13)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1884.11.13 – 1920.12.16)

Titular Archbishop of Cæsarea Ponti (1920.12.16 – 1921.08.18)

Bishop José Nicanor Corona e Izarraraz
(1873.12.22 – 1883.07.27)

Born:	1825.01.07
Ordained Priest:	1848.12.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1874.04.26
Died:	1883.07.27 († 58)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1873.12.22 – 1883.07.27)

Bishop Manuel del Conde y Blanco
(1869.07.25 – 1872.06.21)

Born:	1816.02.16 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1839
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.05.20
Died:	1872.06.21 († 56)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1869.07.25 – 1872.06.21)

Bishop Pedro Barajas y Moreno
(1854.11.30 – 1868.12.30)

Born:	1795.11.01
Ordained Priest:	1824.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.03.18
Died:	1868.12.30 († 73)

Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (1854.11.30 – 1868.12.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Expectación, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Minor Basilica: Basílica Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

León (↙), Zacatecas (←), Matehuala (↑), Ciudad Valles (→), Querétaro (↘), Celaya (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 19,428 km²

Population: 1,596,851 Catholics (87.4% of 1,826,434 total)

Pastoral Centres: 116 parishes, 26 missions

Personnel: 255 priests (215 diocesan, 40 religious), 5 deacons, 570 religious (56 brothers, 514 sisters), 37 seminarians