Archdiocese of Guadalajara

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Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Basic data
Country Mexico
Diocesan bishop Francisco Cardinal Robles Ortega
Auxiliary bishop Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel OFM
Héctor López Alvarado
Engelberto Polino Sánchez
Emeritus diocesan bishop Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Miguel Romano Gómez
José Trinidad González Rodríguez
Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia
surface 20,827 km²
Parishes 477 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 6,168,300 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 5,525,359 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 89.6%
Diocesan priest 1,243 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 345 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 3,479
Permanent deacons 2 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Friars 804 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 2,893 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima
Website www.arquidiocesisgdl.org
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Aguascalientes
Diocese of Autlán
Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán
Diocese of Colima
Territorial Prelature Jesús María del Nayar
Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos
Diocese of Tepic
Development of membership numbers

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara ( lat. : Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis , span. : Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco .

history

Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima

The diocese was founded on July 13, 1548 by Pope Paul III. built. The diocese Durango was created in 1620 by assignment of territory . After Mexican independence , the diocese of Guadalajara was on January 26, 1863 by Pope Pius IX. raised to the archdiocese. In the following years, the dioceses of Zacatecas (1863), Colima (1861), Tepic (1891), Aguascalientes (1899), Autlán (1961), the territorial prelature of Jesús María del Nayar (1962) and the diocese of Ciudad Guzmán were created through further territorial assignments and finally San Juan de los Lagos (1972).

See also

Web links

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