Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León
Archdiocese of León Archidioecesis Leonensis Arquidiócesis de León | |
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Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of León |
| Metropolitan | León, Guanajuato |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,395 sq mi (8,790 km2) |
Population
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| Parishes | 98 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 26 January 1863 (162 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Jaime Calderón Calderón |
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| Map | |
| Website | |
| arquileon.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or Metropolitan diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the Mexican city of León, Guanajuato. It currently covers an area of 41,940 km2, and has a population of 6,500,000, including the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro. It was created as the Diocese of León on January 26, 1863, by Pope Pius IX, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on November 25, 2006, with the suffragan sees of Celaya, Irapuato, and Querétaro.
The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz.