Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos

Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos

*Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus*

Diócesis de San Juan de los Lagos
Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos; Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus; Diócesis de San Juan de los Lagos
	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos
Location
Country	Mexico
Territory	State of Jalisco,
Ecclesiastical province	Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Metropolitan
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
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
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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[]

(1972 - 1980); Archbishop (personal title)
(1981 - 1987)
José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco (1988 - 1999)
Javier Navarro Rodríguez (1999 - 2007), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán
Felipe Salazar Villagrana (2008 - 2016)
(2016–Present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

José María de la Torre Martín, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco in 2002
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Acapulco, Guerrero in 2004
, appointed Bishop of Tenancingo, México in 2009
, appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca in 2012
, appointed Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán in 2014
, appointed Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán in 2014

External links and references[]

"Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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