Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán

Diocese of Culiacán

*Dioecesis Culiacanensis*

Diócesis de Culiacán
Diocese of Culiacán; Dioecesis Culiacanensis; Diócesis de Culiacán
	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Hermosillo
Metropolitan	Hermosillo
Statistics
Area	14,600 sq mi (38,000 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006); 2,401,453; 2,319,038 (96.6%)
Parishes	70
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 May 1883 (138 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Bishops emeritus	Benjamín Jiménez Hernández ;
Map
Website
	catolicosdeculiacan.com

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán (Latin: Dioecesis Culiacanensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo.

Bishops[]

(1883 — 1887)
José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1888 — 1898), appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez (1898 — 1902), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
(1903 — 1919)
(1920 — 1921)
(1922 — 1942)
(1944 — 1969)
Luis Rojas Mena (1969 — 1993)
Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1993 — 2011) - Bishop Emeritus
(2011 — )

Luis Rojas Mena (1968-1969), appointed Bishop here
Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1983-1988), appointed Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato
Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1989-1993), appointed Bishop here
(2007-2010)

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