Roman Catholic Diocese of 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	(as of 2006) 2,401,453 2,319,038 (96.6%)
Parishes	70
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 May 1883 (141 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jonás Guerrero Corona
Bishops emeritus	Benjamín Jiménez Hernández Emigdio 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

• José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez (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
• Francisco Uranga y Sáenz (1903 — 1919)
• Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas (1920 — 1921)
• Agustín Aguirre y Ramos (1922 — 1942)
• Lino Aguirre Garcia (1944 — 1969)
• Luis Rojas Mena (1969 — 1993)
• Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1993 — 2011) - Bishop Emeritus
• Jonás Guerrero Corona (2011 — )

Auxiliary bishops

• 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
• Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (2007-2010)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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

Episcopal See

• Culiacán, Sinaloa

External links and references

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