Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán
Appearance
Diocese of Culiacán Dioecesis Culiacanensis Diócesis de Culiacán | |
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Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario | |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Hermosillo |
Metropolitan | Hermosillo |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,600 sq mi (38,000 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 2,401,453 2,319,038 (96.6%) |
Parishes | 70 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 24 May 1883 (141 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jonás Guerrero Corona |
Bishops emeritus | Emigdio Duarte Figueroa |
Map | |
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Website | |
catolicosdeculiacan.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán (Latin: Dioecesis Culiacanensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- 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 — )
Auxiliary bishops
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre, appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila in 1904
Episcopal See
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- "Diocese of Culiacán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
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