Parishes 419 | Phone +52 33 3055 8000 Cathedral Guadalajara Cathedral | |
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Ecclesiastical province Province of Guadalajara Area 8,044 sq mi (20,830 km) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)6,773,0006,164,000 (91%) Address Alfredo R. Plascencia 995, Chapultepec Country, 44620 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico Auxiliary bishops José Leopoldo González González Similar Parroquia San Juan de Capist, San Pablo Apostol Parish, SEDEC Guadalaj, Casa del Catequista | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: 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 diocese was erected on July 13, 1548 and was elevated to Archdiocese on January 26, 1863.
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The Archdiocese of Guadalajara is the Metropolitan see of the suffragan dioceses of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar, San Juan de los Lagos and Tepic.
On Thursday, July 19, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Francisco Martínez Sáinz, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Titular Bishop of Dura, in accordance with Canons 411 and 401.1 of the Code of Canon Law.
Diocese of Guadalajara
Erected: 13 July 1548
Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Elevated: 26 January 1863