Diocese of Colima
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Diocese of Colima Dioecesis Colimensis Diócesis de Colima | |
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| File:Basílica Menor de Colima.jpg Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe | |
| Location | |
| Country | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guadalajara |
| Metropolitan | Colima, Colima |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,399 sq mi (11,390 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 52 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 11 December 1881 (144 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Gerardo Díaz Vázquez |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Robles Ortega |
| Bishops emeritus | José Luis Amezcua Melgoza |
| Map | |
| File:Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima in Mexico.jpg | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima (Latin: Dioecesis Colimensis) (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba (based in Orizaba, Mexico) as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima, replacing the Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, who submitted his resignation at the age of 75 as is usual.
Territorial losses
[edit | edit source]| Date | Reason |
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| 28 January 1961 | to form the Diocese of Autlán |
| 13 January 1962 | to form the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar) |
| 30 April 1962 | to form the Diocese of Apatzingan |
| 25 March 1972 | to form the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán |
| 25 March 1972 | to form the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos |
Bishops
[edit | edit source]Ordinaries
[edit | edit source]- Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez (1883–1888)
- Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes (1889–1891)
- Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado (1892–1900)
- José Amador Velasco y Peña (1903–1949)
- Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1949–1967)
- Leonardo Viera Contreras (1967–1972)
- Rogelio Sánchez González (1972–1980)
- José Fernández Arteaga (1980–1988)
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1989–2005)
- José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (2005–2013) – Bishop Emeritus
- Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (2013–2022)
- Gerardo Díaz Vázquez (2023-present)
Coadjutor bishop
[edit | edit source]- Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1939–1949)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit | edit source]- Crispin Ojeda Márquez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2011
Episcopal See
[edit | edit source]External links and references
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