Diocese of Culiacán

Dioecesis Culiacanensis

Diócesis de Culiacán
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Hermosillo
MetropolitanHermosillo
Statistics
Area14,600 sq mi (38,000 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
2,401,453
2,319,038 (96.6%)
Parishes70
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established24 May 1883 (140 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJonás Guerrero Corona
Bishops emeritusEmigdio Duarte Figueroa
Map
Website
catolicosdeculiacan.com

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

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishops

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre, appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila in 1904

Episcopal See

  • "Diocese of Culiacán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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