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Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis
Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara
Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima
Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guadalajara
Statistics
Area 8,044 sq mi (20,830 km2)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2006)
6,773,000
6,164,000 (91%)
Parishes 419
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 13 July 1548 (478 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Francisco Robles Ortega
Auxiliary Bishops Héctor López Alvarado
Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.
Engelberto Polino Sánchez
Manuel González Villaseñor
Ramón Salazar Estrada
Bishops emeritus Juan Sandoval Íñiguez
Miguel Romano Gómez
Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia[1]
Map
Website
arquidiocesisgdl.org

The Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese of the Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km² (8,044 squar miles). The diocese was erected on 13 July 1548 on territory split off from then Diocese of Michoacán, elevated to Archdiocese on 26 January 1863,[2][3] and is the Metropolitan see of the suffragan sees of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar (a Territorial Prelature), San Juan de los Lagos and Tepic.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Diocese of Guadalajara

Erected: 13 July 1548

Archdiocese of Guadalajara

Elevated: 26 January 1863

  • Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos (12 Sep 1853 – 12 Nov 1866)
  • Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé (22 Jun 1868 – 15 Nov 1898)
  • Jacinto López y Romo (19 Aug 1899 – 31 Dec 1900)
  • José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez (16 Sep 1901 – 19 Jun 1912 )
  • José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (2 Dec 1912 – 18 Feb 1936)
  • José Garibi y Rivera (18 Feb 1936 – 1 Mar 1969); elevated to Cardinal in 1958
  • José Salazar López (21 Feb 1970 – 15 May 1987); elevated to Cardinal in 1973
  • Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (15 May 1987 – 24 May 1993); elevated to Cardinal in 1991
  • Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (21 Apr 1994 – 7 Dec 2011); elevated to Cardinal in 1994
  • Francisco Robles Ortega (7 Dec 2011 – ); elevated to Cardinal in 2007

Coadjutor bishops

  • José Garibi y Rivera (1934–1936); future Cardinal
  • Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1954–1972); did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop (personal title) of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco

Auxiliary bishops

  • Ignacio Mateo Guerra y Alba (1862–1863), appointed Bishop of Zacatecas
  • Francisco Uranga y Sáenz (1919–1922), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
  • Rafael Garcia González (1972–1974), appointed Bishop of Tabasco
  • Antonio Sahagún López (1973–1992)
  • Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1974–1997)
  • Ramón Godinez Flores (1980–1998), appointed Bishop of Aguascalientes
  • José Guadalupe Martín Rábago (1992–1995)
  • Javier Navarro Rodríguez (1992–1999), appointed Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
  • José Luis Chávez Botello (1997–2001), appointed Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
  • José Trinidad González Rodríguez (1997–2015)
  • Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (1999–2003), appointed Bishop of Tabasco
  • Miguel Romano Gómez (2000–2014)
  • José María de la Torre Martín (2002–2008), appointed Bishop of Aguascalientes
  • Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz (2002–2012)[8]
  • José Leopoldo González González (2005–2015), appointed Bishop of Nogales, Sonora
  • José Francisco González González (2008–2013), appointed Bishop of Campeche
  • Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia (2008–2018)
  • Héctor López Alvarado (2018–
  • Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. (2018–
  • Engelberto Polino Sánchez (2018–

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Rafael Sabás Camacho y García, appointed Bishop of Querétaro in 1885
  • Jaime Anesagasti y Llamas, appointed Bishop of Campeche in 1909
  • Miguel María de la Mora y Mora, appointed Bishop of Zacatecas in 1911
  • Manuel Azpeitia Palomar, appointed Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit in 1919
  • Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas, appointed Bishop of Sinaloa in 1920
  • José de Jesús López y González, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes in 1927
  • Ignacio de Alba y Hernández, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Colima in 1939
  • Alfonso Tóriz Cobián, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero in 1954
  • Miguel González Ibarra, appointed Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco in 1961
  • Carlos Quintero Arce, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí in 1961
  • José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano, appointed Bishop of Veracruz in 1963
  • José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, appointed Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas in 1965
  • José Refugio Mercado Díaz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca in 2003
  • Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2008
  • Felipe Salazar Villagrana, appointed Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco in 2008

See also

  • List of Roman Catholic archdioceses in México
  • Santuario de los Mártires de Cristo Rey

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[9]

References

  1. Back to citation Holy See Press Office: "Rinunce e nomine, 19.03.2015" March 19, 2015
  2. Back to citation "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 31, 2015
  3. Back to citation "Archdiocese of Guadalajara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 17, 2016
  4. Back to citation "Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  5. Back to citation "Bishop Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. Back to citation "Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 15, 2016
  7. Back to citation "Archbishop Diego Camacho y Ávila" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 19, 2016
  8. Back to citation On Thursday, July 19, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Francisco Martínez Sáinz, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Titular Bishop of Dura, in accordance with Canons 411 and 401.1 of the Code of Canon Law. "Pope accepts resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara" (in Spanish). Milenio. July 19, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  9. Back to citation Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara, official website

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