Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán

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Parishes 70 Rite Roman Rite Country Mexico		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 37,814 km² Bishop Jonás Guerrero Corona

Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2006) 2,401,453 2,319,038 (96.6%) Established 24 May 1883 (133 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary Metropolitan archbishop José Ulises Macías Salcedo Ecclesiastical provinces Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hermosillo, Culiacán

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán (Latin: Dioecesis Culiacanensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo.

Ordinaries

José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez (1883 — 1887)

José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1888 — 1898)

José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez (1898 — 1902)

Francisco Uranga y Sáenz (1903 — 1919)

Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas (1920 — 1921)

Agustín Aguirre y Ramos (1922 — 1942)

Lino Aguirre Garcia (1944 — 1969)

Luis Rojas Mena (1969 — 1993)

Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1993 — 2011) - Bishop Emeritus

Jonás Guerrero Corona (2011 — )

Culiacán, Sinaloa

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