Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima (Latin: Dioecesis Colimensis) (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

Diocese of Colima

Dioecesis Colimensis

Diócesis de Colima
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Guadalajara
MetropolitanColima, Colima
Statistics
Area4,399 sq mi (11,390 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
649,739
591,262 (91%)
Parishes52
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established11 December 1881 (139 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMarcelino Hernández Rodríguez
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Robles Ortega
Bishops emeritusGilberto Valbuena Sánchez, José Luis Amezcua Melgoza
Map
Website
www.diocesisdecolima.org

On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, until then the 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

DateReason
28 January 1961to form the Diocese of Autlán
13 January 1962to form the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar)
30 April 1962to form the Diocese of Apatzingan
25 March 1972to form the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán
25 March 1972to form the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • 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) – Bishop Emeritus
  • José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (2005-2013) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (2013–present)

Coadjutor bishop

  • Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1939-1949)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Crispin Ojeda Márquez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2011

Episcopal See

  • "Diocese of Colima". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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