Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km². The diocese was erected on July 13, 1548 and was elevated to Archdiocese on January 26, 1863.
The Archdiocese of Guadalajara is the Metropolitan see of the suffragan sees of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar, 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.Bishops
Ordinaries
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Erected: 13 July 1548
- Pedro Gómez Malaver
- Antonius de Ciudad Rodrigo, O.F.M.
- Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M.
- Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano
- Domingo de Alzola, O.P.
- Pedro Suarez de Escobar, O.S.A.
- Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez
- Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
- Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B..
- Francisco de Rivera y Pareja, O. de M.
- Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal
- Juan Sánchez Duque de Estrada
- Juan Ruiz de Colmenero
- Francisco Verdín y Molina
- Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún
- Juan de Santiago y León Garabito
- Felipe Galindo Chávez y Pineda, O.P.
- Diego Camacho y Ávila
- Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M.
- Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia
- Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M.
- Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena
- Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza
- José Francisco Martínez de Tejada y Díez de Velasco, O.F.M.
- Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco
- Antonio Alcalde y Barriga, O.P.
- Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota
- Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo
- José Miguel Gordoa y Barrios
- Diego de Aranda y Carpinteiro
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Elevated: 26 January 1863
- Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos
- Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé
- Jacinto López y Romo
- José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez
- José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez
- José Garibi y Rivera ; elevated to Cardinal in 1958
- José Salazar López ; elevated to Cardinal in 1973
- Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo ; elevated to Cardinal in 1991
- Juan Sandoval Íñiguez ; elevated to Cardinal in 1994
- Francisco Robles Ortega ; elevated to Cardinal in 2003
Coadjutor bishops
- José Garibi y Rivera ; future Cardinal
- Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero ; did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
Auxiliary bishops
- Ignacio Mateo Guerra y Alba, appointed Bishop of Zacatecas
- Francisco Uranga y Sáenz, appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos
- Rafael Garcia González, appointed Bishop of Tabasco
- Antonio Sahagún López
- Adolfo Hernández Hurtado
- Ramón Godinez Flores, appointed Bishop of Aguascalientes
- José Guadalupe Martín Rábago
- Javier Navarro Rodríguez, appointed Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco
- José Luis Chávez Botello, appointed Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
- José Trinidad González Rodríguez
- José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia, appointed Bishop of Tabasco
- Miguel Romano Gómez
- José María de la Torre Martín, appointed Bishop of Aguascalientes
- Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz
- José Leopoldo González González, appointed Bishop of Nogales, Sonora
- José Francisco González González, appointed Bishop of Campeche
- Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia
- Héctor López Alvarado (2018-
- Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. (2018-
- Engelberto Polino Sánchez (2018-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Rafael Sabás Camacho y García, appointed Bishop of Querétaro in 1885
- Jaime Anesagasti y Llamas, appointed Bishop of Campeche in 1909
- Miguel María de la Mora y Mora, appointed Bishop of Zacatecas in 1911
- Manuel Azpeitia Palomar, appointed Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit in 1919
- Silviano Carrillo y Cárdenas, appointed Bishop of Sinaloa in 1920
- José de Jesús López y González, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes in 1927
- Ignacio de Alba y Hernández, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Colima in 1939
- Alfonso Tóriz Cobián, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero in 1954
- Miguel González Ibarra, appointed Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco in 1961
- Carlos Quintero Arce, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí in 1961
- José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano, appointed Bishop of Veracruz in 1963
- José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, appointed Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas in 1965
- José Refugio Mercado Díaz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca in 2003
- Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2008
- Felipe Salazar Villagrana, appointed Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco in 2008
