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 DurangoErected: 28 September 1620
- Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez, O.S.A.
- Alfonso de Franco y Luna
- Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés, O.S.B.
- Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin
- Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe
- Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño
- Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela, O.F.M.
- Manuel de Herrera, O.F.M.
- García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz
- Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza
- Ignacio Diez de la Barrera y Bastida
- Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia
- Benito Crespo y Monroy, O.S.
- Martín de Elizacoechea
- Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle
- Pedro Zamorana Romezal
- José Vicente Díaz Bravo, O. Carm.
- Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain
- Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota
- José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, O.F.M.
- Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito
- Juan Francisco Castañiza Larrea y Gonzalez de Agüero
- José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante
- José Vicente Salinas e Infanzón
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
- José María González y Valencia, appointed Archbishop here
- Francisco Ferreira Arreola, appointed Bishop of Texcoco, México
- Rafael Barraza Sánchez, appointed Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa
- Manuel Mireles Vaquera, appointed Coadjutor Prelate of El Salto, Durango
- José Andrés Corral Arredondo, appointed Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua
- Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes
- Enrique Sánchez Martínez, appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría, appointed Bishop of Chihuahua in 1902
- Norberto Rivera Carrera, appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla in 1985; future Cardinal
Present Bishops
- Archbishop: Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez
- Archbishop Emeritus: Héctor González Martínez
- Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus: Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes