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Diocese of Colima ( la, Dioecesis Colimensis) (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the

Archdiocese of Guadalajara The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara ( la, Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km² (8,044 Square Miles). The di ...

. On Monday, November 11, 2013,

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named Bishop

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, until then the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba ( la, Dioecesis Orizabensis) (erected 15 April 2000) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Xalapa. Ordinaries *Hipólito Reyes Larios (2000 - 2007), appointed Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz ...

(based in Orizaba, Mexico) as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima, replacing the Bishop

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, who submitted his resignation at the age of 75 as is usual.

Territorial losses

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 José Fernández Arteaga (12 September 1933 – 17 December 2021) was a Mexican prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Chihuahua. He previously served as the bishop of Apatzingán from 1974 to 1980 and Colima Colima () ...

(1980–1988) *

Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (4 February 1929 – 22 December 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. Valbuena Sánchez was born in Chietla, Puebla on 4 February 1929. He was bishop of Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign Sta ...

(1989–2005) *

(2005–2013) – Bishop Emeritus *

(2013–present)

Coadjutor bishop

* Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1939–1949)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2011

Episcopal See

Colima, Colima Colima () is a city that is the capital of the Colima state and the seat of Colima municipality, located in central−western Mexico. It is located near the Colima volcano, which divides the small state from that of Jalisco. The city of Colim ...

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Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and ...

Colima, Roman Catholic Diocese of

1881 establishments in Mexico