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Also known as

• Archidioecesis Matritensis
• Diocese of Madrid

Founded

• 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII

Elevated

• 25 March 1964 by Pope Paul VI to an archdiocese
• 23 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II to a metropolitan

Suffragans

• Diocese of Getafe, Spain

Profiled Bishops

• Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha Hervás
• Venerable José María García Lahiguera

• Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha Hervás
• Venerable José María García Lahiguera

Additional Information

• Archdiocese of Madrid
• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Google Map

MLA Citation

• “Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain”. Gazetteer of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 June 2012. Web. 20 October 2021. <http://catholicsaints.info/archdiocese-of-madrid-spain/>