Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos

Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos
Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus
Diócesis de San Juan de los Lagos
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Location
Country Mexico
Territory State of Jalisco,
Ecclesiastical province Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Metropolitan San Juan de los Lagos
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
1,115,000
1,084,000 (97.2%)
Parishes 80
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established January 25, 1941
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Patron saint Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe
Metropolitan Archbishop

Juan Sandoval Íñiguez

Archbishop of Guadalajara
Map
Website

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus) (erected 25 March 1972) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. It encompasses the parishes of some of the surrounding cities in the Mexican state of Jalisco, including Tepatitlán de Morelos, Arandas, etc.

Ordinaries

  • Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1972 -1980)
  • José López Lara (1981 -1987)
  • José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (1988 -1999)
  • Javier Navarro Rodríguez (1999 -2007)
  • Felipe Salazar Villagrana (2008- 2016)
  • Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2016 - Present)
  • "Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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