Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima

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Parishes 52 Rite Roman Rite Country Mexico		Denomination Roman Catholic Phone +52 312 328 0360 Metropolitan archbishop Francisco Robles Ortega

Area 4,399 sq mi (11,390 km) Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)649,739591,262 (91%) Established 11 December 1881 (135 years ago) Address Carretera a Guadalajara 11, Centro, 28500 Cuauhtémoc, Col., Mexico Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Colima Emeritus bishops Rogelio Sánchez González, Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez, José Luis Amezcua Melgoza Similar Parroquia San Francisco, Templo de la Salud, Parroquia San Felipe de Jesús, St Joseph Parish, Diario de Colima

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

On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, until then the 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.

Ordinaries

Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez (1883-1888)

Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes (1889-1891)

Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado (1892-1900)

José Amador Velasco y Peña (1903-1949)

Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1949-1967)

Leonardo Viera Contreras (1967-1972)

Rogelio Sánchez González (1972-1980) – Bishop Emeritus

José Fernández Arteaga (1980-1988)

Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1989-2005) – Bishop Emeritus

José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (2005-2013) - Bishop Emeritus

Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (2013–present)

Episcopal See

Colima, Colima

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima Wikipedia

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