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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 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 dio ...

Bishops

Ordinaries

José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos (born 1838 in Mexico City) was a Mexican clergyman and prelate for Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 st ...

, O.F.M. (1902 -1912) * Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz (1913 -1928) * José de Jesús López y Gonzalez (1929 -1950) * Salvador Quezada Limón (1951 -1984) * Rafael Muñoz Nuñez (1984 -1998) - Bishop Emeritus *

Ramón Godinez Flores Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest ...

(1998 - 2007) *

José María de la Torre Martín José María de la Torre Martín (9 September 1952 – 14 December 2020) was a Mexican Catholic bishop. Biography De la Torre Martín was born in Mexico and was ordained to the priesthood in 1980. He served as titular bishop of ''Panatoria'' ...

(2008 - 2020) *Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2022- )

Coadjutor bishop

Alfredo Torres Romero Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filh ...

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

Auxiliary bishops

José de Jesús López y González José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(1927-1929), appointed Bishop here *

Ricardo Guízar Díaz Ricardo Guízar Díaz (February 24, 1933 – December 4, 2015) was a Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Atlacomulco from 1984 to 1996 and the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tlalnep ...

(1977-1984), appointed Bishop of Atlacomulco, México

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanis ...

, appointed Bishop of Sonora in 1919 *

Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán Emilio may refer to: * Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio" * Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State * Emilio (given name) * ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen See also * Emílio (dis ...

, appointed Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte in 1983

Episcopal See

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (''Virtue in the Water, Fidelity in the Heart'') , image_skyline = AGUASCALIENTES CITY.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: San Antonio de Padua Church, La Exedra (main square), Aguascal ...

External links and references

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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