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Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus, links=no) (erected 25 March 1972) is a suffragan diocese of the
Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
It encompasses the some of the surrounding cities in the Mexican state of Jalisco, including
Lagos de Moreno,
Tepatitlán
Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city and municipality founded in 1530, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (the 'Highlands of Jalisco'), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara. ...
and
Arandas.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1972 - 1980); Archbishop (personal title)
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José López Lara (1981 - 1987)
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José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (1988 - 1999)
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Javier Navarro Rodríguez (1999 - 2007), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán
*Felipe Salazar Villagrana (2008 - 2016)
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Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2016 - 2022), appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
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José María de la Torre Martín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco in 2002
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Juan Navarro Castellanos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero in 2004
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Raúl Gómez González, appointed Bishop of Tenancingo, México in 2009
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Pedro Vázquez Villalobos
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, appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca in 2012
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Gerardo Díaz Vázquez, appointed Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán in 2014
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Cristóbal Ascencio García, appointed Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán in 2014
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San Juan de los Lagos
San Juan de los Lagos (Spanish for " Saint John of the Lakes") is a city and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos. It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgi ...
San Juan de los Lagos, Roman Catholic Diocese of
San Juan De Los Lagos
San Juan de los Lagos (Spanish for " Saint John of the Lakes") is a city and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos. It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgi ...
San Juan De Los Lagos
San Juan de los Lagos (Spanish for " Saint John of the Lakes") is a city and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos. It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgi ...
San Juan de los Lagos
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