Diocese of Culiacán

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán (Latin: Dioecesis Culiacanensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez (1883 — 1887)
  • José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1888 — 1898), appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
  • José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez (1898 — 1902), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
  • Francisco Uranga y Sáenz (1903 — 1919)
  • Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas (1920 — 1921)
  • Agustín Aguirre y Ramos (1922 — 1942)
  • Lino Aguirre Garcia (1944 — 1969)
  • Luis Rojas Mena (1969 — 1993)
  • Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1993 — 2011) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Jonás Guerrero Corona (2011 — 2023)
  • Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez (2023 — )

Auxiliary bishops

  • Luis Rojas Mena (1968–1969), appointed Bishop here
  • Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1983–1988), appointed Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato
  • Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1989–1993), appointed Bishop here
  • Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (2007–2010)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre, appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila in 1904

Episcopal See

  • Culiacán, Sinaloa
  • "Diocese of Culiacán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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