Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya
Diocese of Celaya Dioecesis Celayensis Diócesis de Celaya | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of León |
Metropolitan | Celaya |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,386 sq mi (8,770 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2007) 1,544,000 1,403,000 (90.8%) |
Parishes | 65 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 13 October 1973 (50 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Most Pure Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Alfonso Cortés Contreras |
Bishops emeritus | Benjamín Castillo Plascencia |
Map | |
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Website | |
https://www.diocesisdecelaya.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya (Latin: Dioecesis Celayensis) (erected 13 October 1973) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of León. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Victorino Alvarez Tena (1974–1987)
- Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1988–2003)
- Lázaro Pérez Jiménez (2003–2009)
- Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (2010–2021)
- Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (2021–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca in 2012
Episcopal See
[edit]See also
[edit]External links and references
[edit]- Diócesis de Celaya official site
- "Diocese of Celaya". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
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