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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara

Catholic archdiocese in Mexico

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km² (8,044 Square Miles). The diocese was erected on July 13, 1548 and was elevated to Archdiocese on January 26, 1863.[2][3]

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The Archdiocese of Guadalajara 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.

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.[4]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Diocese of Guadalajara

Erected: 13 July 1548

Archdiocese of Guadalajara

Elevated: 26 January 1863

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)
  • José 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)
  • 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

References

  1. [1]
    Holy See Press Office: "Rinunce e nomine, 19.03.2015" March 19, 2015
  2. [2]
    "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 31, 2015
  3. [3]
    "Archdiocese of Guadalajara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 17, 2016
  4. [4]
    "Pope accepts resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara" (in Spanish). Milenio. July 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Bishop Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 15, 2016
  8. [8]
    "Archbishop Diego Camacho y Ávila" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 19, 2016
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