Archdiocese of Guadalajara Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara | |
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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 (476 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
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 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.