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Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes

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Parishes
  
99

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Francisco Robles Ortega

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Country
  
Mexico

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Area
  
4,326 sq mi (11,200 km)

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)1,622,0001,599,000 (98.6%)

Established
  
27 August 1899 (117 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption, Aguascalientes

Bishop
  
José María de la Torre Martín

Ecclesiastical provinces
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Aguascalientes

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes (Latin: Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes) (erected 27 August 1899) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

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Ordinaries

  • José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, 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 (1998 - 2007)
  • José María De la Torre Martín (2008 - )

    • Episcopal See

  • Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes Wikipedia
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