Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei in America Septentrionali Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Coat of arms
Location
Country	United States
Territory	19 counties in Northeastern New Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Santa Fe
Statistics
Area	61,142 sq mi (158,360 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 1,473,000 323,850 (22%)
Parishes	93
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 19, 1850 (174 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Patron saint	St. Francis of Assisi[1]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	John Charles Wester
Map
Website
archdiosf.org

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei in America Septentrionali, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the southwestern region of the United States in the state of New Mexico. While the mother church, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, is in the city of Santa Fe, its administrative center is in the city of Albuquerque. The Diocese comprises the counties of Rio Arriba, Taos, Colfax, Union, Mora, Harding, Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Quay, Bernalillo, Valencia, Socorro, Torrance, Guadalupe, De Baca, Roosevelt, and Curry. The current archbishop is John Charles Wester, who was installed on June 4, 2015.

The Archdiocese announced it would file for bankruptcy protection on November 29, 2018, in the face of dozens of ongoing lawsuits stemming from a sexual abuse scandal that stretches back decades and a new investigation by the state's attorney general into the Catholic Church's handling of misconduct by its clergy.^[2][3][4] Bankruptcy was then filed in June 2019, followed by a bankruptcy plan in October 2022.^[5][6]