Guadalajara (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] (original) (raw)


Bishop(s) Jos� Francisco Robles Ortega, Cardinal, Archbishop Manuel Gonz�lez Villase�or, Auxiliary Bishop H�ctor L�pez Alvarado, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Manuel Mu�oz Curiel, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop Engelberto Polino S�nchez, Auxiliary Bishop Ram�n Salazar Estrada, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Sandoval ��iguez, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus Juan Humberto Guti�rrez Valencia, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Miguel Romano G�mez, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Suffragan Dioceses Aguascalientes Autl�n Ciudad Guzm�n Colima Jes�s Mar�a (del Nayar) (Territorial Prelature) San Juan de los Lagos Tepic General Information Type of Jurisdiction: ArchdioceseElevated: 26 January 1863 Metropolitan SeeRite: Latin (or Roman)State: JaliscoCountry: M�xicoSquare Kilometers: 20,827 (8,044 Square Miles)Conference Region: Occidente Official Web Site: http://www.arquidiocesisgdl.org/ Mailing Address: Alfred R. Plascensia 995, Col. Chapultepec Country, Apartado 61-33, 44620 Guadalajara, Jal., MéxicoTelephone: (33)3614-55-04Fax: 3658-23-00

Past and Present Ordinaries


Historical Summary

Date Event From To
Diocese of Guadalajara
13 July 1548 Erected Diocese of Michoac�n Diocese of Guadalajara (erected)
28 September 1620 Territory Lost Diocese of Guadalajara Diocese of Durango (erected)
15 December 1777 Territory Lost Diocese of GuadalajaraDiocese of Michoac�n Archdiocese of M�xico Diocese of Linares o Nueva Le�n (erected) (Nuevo Le�n, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Texas)
Archdiocese of Guadalajara
26 January 1863 Elevated Diocese of Guadalajara Archdiocese of Guadalajara
26 January 1863 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Guadalajara Diocese of Zacatecas (erected)
11 December 1881 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Guadalajara Diocese of Colima (erected)
23 June 1891 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Guadalajara Diocese of Tepic (erected)
27 August 1899 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Guadalajara Diocese of Aguascalientes (erected)
14 March 1924 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Encarnaci�n and Teocaltiche along with El Baj�o, Michoacanejo, and Bel�n and S. Sebastiano) Diocese of Aguascalientes
28 January 1961 Territory Lost Diocese of Colima (Autlan de Navarro, Cabo Corrientes (Tuito), Casimiro Castillo, Ejutla, El Grullo, La Huerta, El Lim�n, Purificaci�n, Tomatl�n, Cihuatl�n, and Cuatitl�n)Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Atengo, Ayutla, Cuautl�, Juchitl�n, Tecolotl�n, Tenamaxtl�n, and Uni�n de Tula) Diocese of Autl�n (erected)
25 March 1972 Territory Lost Diocese of Colima (Atenquique, Huescalapa, San Gabriel, Santa Cruz del Cortijo, San Juan de la Monta�a, Tamazula, Tuxpan, and Zapotiltic)Archdiocese of Guadalajara (San Jos� and San Antonio, existing in the city of Ciudad Guzm�n; Atemajac de Brizuela, Amacueda, Atoyac, Concepci�n de Buenos Aires, Chiquilistl�n, Mazamitla, Manzanilla, Quitup�n, Sayula, San Andr�s Ixtl�n, Teocuitatl�n, Techaluta, Tapalpa, Tipaz�n ...) Diocese of Ciudad Guzm�n (erected)
25 March 1972 Territory Lost Archdiocese of Guadalajara (De la Sangre de Cristo and Nuestra Se�ora de Guadalupe (in San Juan de Los Lagos); San Miguel and San Felipe de Jes�s (in Atotonilco and Alto); San Francisco de As�s, Tototl�n, Sagrada Familia, and San Francisco (in Tepatitl�n); Capilla de Guadalupe, ...) Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos (erected)

Statistics

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source
Archdiocese of Guadalajara
1950 1,390,000 1,410,000 98.6% 630 66 696 1,997 196 1,507 128 ap1951
1966 2,100,000 2,150,000 97.7% 755 162 917 2,290 336 2,415 141 ap1967
1970 2,591,228 .0% 741 220 961 0 430 2,500 161 ap1971
1976 2,235,000 2,350,000 95.1% 622 229 851 2,626 414 2,442 169 ap1977
1980 2,442,000 2,599,000 94.0% 672 250 922 2,648 460 2,820 202 ap1981
1990 4,176,000 4,396,000 95.0% 747 90 837 4,989 1 284 2,358 253 ap1991
1999 5,700,000 6,000,000 95.0% 906 426 1,332 4,279 2 970 3,282 344 ap2000
2000 5,890,000 6,200,000 95.0% 917 426 1,343 4,385 2 1,022 3,365 358 ap2001
2001 5,733,000 6,300,000 91.0% 924 286 1,210 4,738 2 783 3,633 365 ap2002
2002 5,715,000 6,300,000 90.7% 982 288 1,270 4,500 2 832 3,387 385 ap2003
2003 5,915,000 6,500,000 91.0% 993 348 1,341 4,410 1 844 2,893 393 ap2004
2004 6,011,044 6,600,000 91.1% 1,007 347 1,354 4,439 4 997 3,189 399 ap2005
2006 6,164,000 6,773,000 91.0% 992 335 1,327 4,645 3 851 2,948 419 ap2007
2013 5,355,000 5,950,000 90.0% 1,116 353 1,469 3,645 3 821 2,977 459 ap2014
2016 5,525,359 6,168,300 89.6% 1,243 345 1,588 3,479 2 804 2,893 477 ap2017
2019 5,692,300 6,229,800 91.4% 1,271 342 1,613 3,529 2 755 2,910 493 ap2020
2021 5,860,980 6,415,900 91.4% 1,293 333 1,626 3,604 2 675 2,479 493 ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living


Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

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