Diocese of Culiacan
| Diocese of Culiacan | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Hermosillo |
| Diocesan bishop | Jonás Guerrero Corona |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Benjamin Jiménez Hernández |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Emigdio Duarte Figueroa |
| Vicar General | Lorenzo Duarte Antuna |
| founding | 1883 |
| surface | 40,467 km² |
| Parishes | 88 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,231,818 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,881,423 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 84.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 181 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,061 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 211 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
| Website | diocesisdeculiacan.mx |
The Diocese of Culiacan ( lat. : Dioecesis Culiacanensis , span. : Diócesis de Culiacan ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Culiacan .
The area of the diocese covers the northwest half of the state of Sinaloa , namely the districts (Municipios) Ahome , El Fuerte , Choix , Guasave , Sinaloa de Leyva , Angostura , Mocorito , Salvador Alvarado , Badiraguato , Navolato and Culiacán .
history
The diocese of Culiacán was on May 24, 1883 by Pope Leo XIII. from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Sonora as the Diocese of Sinaloa . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Durango as a suffragan . On November 22, 1958, the diocese of Sinaloa gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Mazatlán . The diocese of Sinaloa was renamed the Diocese of Culiacan on February 16, 1959 . On November 25, 2006, the diocese of Culiacán was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Hermosillo as a suffragan.
Bishops
Bishops of Sinaloa
- José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez , 1883–1887
- José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos OFM , 1888–1898, then Bishop of Saltillo
- José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez , 1898–1902, then Bishop of Chilapa
- Francisco Uranga y Sáenz , 1903–1919, then auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Guadalajara
- Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas , 1920–1921
- Agustín Aguirre y Ramos , 1922-1942
- Lino Aguirre Garcia , 1944-1959
Bishops of Culiacan
- Lino Aguirre Garcia, 1959-1969
- Luis Rojas Mena , 1969-1993
- Benjamin Jiménez Hernández , 1993-2011
- Jonás Guerrero Corona , since 2011
