Diocese of Aguascalientes


The Diocese of Aguascalientes is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. Erected on 27 August 1899, it is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M.
  • Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz
  • José de Jesús López y Gonzalez
  • Salvador Quezada Limón
  • Rafael Muñoz Nuñez - Bishop Emeritus
  • Ramón Godinez Flores
  • José María de la Torre Martín
  • Juan Espinoza Jiménez

    Coadjutor bishop

  • Alfredo Torres Romero ; did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Toluca, México in 1980

    Auxiliary bishops

  • José de Jesús López y González, appointed Bishop here
  • Ricardo Guízar Díaz, appointed Bishop of Atlacomulco, México

    Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero, appointed Bishop of Sonora in 1919
  • Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán, appointed Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte in 1983

    Episcopal see

  • Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes