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Diocese of Aguascalientes ( la, Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes) (erected 27 August 1899) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1902 -1912) *

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(1913 -1928) *

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(1929 -1950) * Salvador Quezada Limón (1951 -1984) *

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(1984 -1998) - Bishop Emeritus *

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(1998 - 2007) * José María de la Torre Martín (2008 - 2020) *Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2022- )

Coadjutor bishop

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(1975-1976); did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Toluca, México in 1980

Auxiliary bishops

* José de Jesús López y González (1927-1929), appointed Bishop here * Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1977-1984), appointed Bishop of Atlacomulco, México

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero, appointed Bishop of Sonora in 1919 * Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán, appointed Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte in 1983

Episcopal See

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Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of a ...

Aguascalientes, Roman Catholic Diocese of

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