Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Archdiocese of Guadalajara Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis Arquidiócesis de Guadalajara | |
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Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Guadalajara |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,044 sq mi (20,830 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 419 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 13 July 1548 (476 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Francisco Robles Ortega |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Héctor López Alvarado Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. Engelberto Polino Sánchez Manuel González Villaseñor Ramón Salazar Estrada |
| Bishops emeritus | Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Miguel Romano Gómez Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| arquidiocesisgdl.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church 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 13 July 1548 on territory split off from then Diocese of Michoacán, elevated to Archdiocese on 26 January 1863, and is the Metropolitan see of the suffragan sees of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar (a Territorial Prelature), San Juan de los Lagos and Tepic.