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 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]
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]