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Bishops

Ordinaries

* José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez (1883 — 1887) * José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1888 — 1898), appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila * José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez (1898 — 1902), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero *

Francisco Uranga y Sáenz Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

(1903 — 1919) * Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas (1920 — 1921) *

Agustín Aguirre y Ramos Agustín is a Spanish given name and sometimes a surname. It is related to Augustín. People with the name include: Given name * Agustín (footballer), Spanish footballer * Agustín Calleri (born 1976), Argentine tennis player * Agustín Cá ...

(1922 — 1942) *

Lino Aguirre Garcia Lino may refer to: * Lino, short for linoleum, a common flooring material * Lino, slang for linesman, the former name (still in widespread common use) for an assistant referee in football * Lino, slang for a habitual user of the narcotic cocaine ...

(1944 — 1969) *

Luis Rojas Mena Luis Rojas Mena (June 21, 1917 – March 18, 2009) was a Mexican Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Rojas Mena was born in Jalpa de Cánovas, Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre ...

(1969 — 1993) *

Benjamín Jiménez Hernández Benjamin Jiménez Hernández (31 March 1938 – 26 November 2020) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Jiménez Hernández was born in Mexico and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. He served as titular bishop of ''Sellectum'' and as aux ...

(1993 — 2011) - Bishop Emeritus * Jonás Guerrero Corona (2011 — )

Auxiliary bishops

(1968-1969), appointed Bishop here *

Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (May 16, 1940 – June 22, 2013) was a Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It ...

(1983-1988), appointed Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato *

(1989-1993), appointed Bishop here * Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (2007-2010)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre, appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila in 1904

Episcopal See

* Culiacán, Sinaloa

External links and references

* Culiacan Culiacan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacan Culiacan {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub