Diocese of Colima

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Diocese of Colima

Dioecesis Colimensis

Diócesis de Colima
Basilica Menor de Colima.jpg
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Location
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Guadalajara
Metropolitan Colima, Colima
Statistics
Area4,399 sq mi (11,390 km2)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2006)
  • 649,739
  • 591,262 (91%)
Parishes52
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established11 December 1881 (143 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Gerardo Díaz Vázquez
Metropolitan Archbishop Francisco Robles Ortega
Bishops emeritus José Luis Amezcua Melgoza
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima in Mexico.jpg
Website
www.diocesisdecolima.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima (Latin : Dioecesis Colimensis) (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

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On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba (based in Orizaba, Mexico) as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima, replacing the Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, who submitted his resignation at the age of 75 as is usual.

Territorial losses

DateReason
28 January 1961to form the Diocese of Autlán
13 January 1962to form the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar)
30 April 1962to form the Diocese of Apatzingan
25 March 1972to form the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán
25 March 1972to form the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Episcopal See

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