Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus Diócesis de San Juan de los Lagos | |
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) 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 (including non-members) | (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 San Juan de los Lagos |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe |
| Bishops emeritus | Felipe Salazar Villagrana |
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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 some of the surrounding cities in the Mexican state of Jalisco, including Lagos de Moreno, Tepatitlán and Arandas.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1972 - 1980); Archbishop (personal title)
- José López Lara (1981 - 1987)
- José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (1988 - 1999)
- Javier Navarro Rodríguez (1999 - 2007), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán
- Felipe Salazar Villagrana (2008 - 2016)
- Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2016–Present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José María de la Torre Martín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco in 2002
- Juan Navarro Castellanos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero in 2004
- Raúl Gómez González, appointed Bishop of Tenancingo, México in 2009
- Pedro Vázquez Villalobos, appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca in 2012
- Gerardo Díaz Vázquez, appointed Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán in 2014
- Cristóbal Ascencio García, appointed Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán in 2014
External links and references
- "Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.