Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara

Archdiocese of Guadalajara

Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis

Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara
Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Guadalajara
Statistics
Area8,044 sq mi (20,830 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
6,773,000
6,164,000 (91%)
Parishes419
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 July 1548 (476 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Asunción de María Santísima
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Robles Ortega
Auxiliary BishopsHéctor López Alvarado
Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M.
Engelberto Polino Sánchez
Manuel González Villaseñor
Ramón Salazar Estrada
Bishops emeritusJuan Sandoval Íñiguez
Miguel Romano Gómez
Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia[1]
Map
Website
arquidiocesisgdl.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church 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 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.

  1. ^ Holy See Press Office: "Rinunce e nomine, 19.03.2015" March 19, 2015
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 31, 2015
  3. ^ "Archdiocese of Guadalajara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 17, 2016