Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes

Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico

Diocese of Aguascalientes Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes Diócesis de Aguascalientes

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Guadalajara
Metropolitan	Guadalajara
Statistics
Area	4,326 sq mi (11,200 km²)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,622,000 1,599,000 (98.6%)
Parishes	99
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 August 1899 (124 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Juan Espinoza Jiménez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francisco Robles Ortega
Map

Website
www.diocesisdeaguascalientes.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes (Latin: Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes) (erected 27 August 1899) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

Bishops

Ordinaries

José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1902 -1912)
Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz (1913 -1928)
José de Jesús López y Gonzalez (1929 -1950)
Salvador Quezada Limón (1951 -1984)
Rafael Muñoz Nuñez (1984 -1998) - Bishop Emeritus
Ramón Godinez Flores (1998 - 2007)
José María de la Torre Martín (2008 - 2020)
Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2022- )

Coadjutor bishop

Alfredo Torres Romero (1975-1976); did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Toluca, México in 1980

Auxiliary bishops

José de Jesús López y González (1927-1929), appointed Bishop here
Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1977-1984), 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