Archdiocese of Durango


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. Based in the city of Durango, it is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Roman [Catholic Diocese of Gómez Palacio|Gómez Palacio], Mazatlán and Torreón as well as the Roman Catholic [Territorial Prelature of El Salto|Territorial Prelature of El Salto].

Early history

The diocese had been erected in 1620 as the diocese for the entire northern area of New Spain and is considered a mother diocese-Sonora, Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Chihuahua were formed from Durango as population expanded in the 18th and 19th Centuries. It became a metropolitan archdiocese in 1891.

Bishops

Ordinaries

;Diocese of Durango
Erected: 28 September 1620
;Archdiocese of Durango
Elevated: 23 June 1891
  • Santiago de Zubiría y Manzanera
  • Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera
  • José María González y Valencia
  • Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia
  • Antonio López Aviña
  • José Trinidad Medel Pérez
  • Héctor González Martínez
  • José Antonio Fernández Hurtado
  • Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Present Bishops