Diocese of

Autlán

Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 14,744 km²

Population: 299,980 Catholics (94.1% of 318,650 total) (2017)

Statistics: 51 parishes, 22 missions, 118 priests (diocesan), 3 deacons, 171 lay religious (171 sisters), 39 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guadalajara

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tepic (↑), Guadalajara (↗), Ciudad Guzmán (→), Colima (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Address: Hidalgo #78 Col. Centro, 48900 - Autlán, Jal., Mexico

Phone: (317) 3-82-41-55

Website:

History

1961.01.28: Established as Diocese of Autlán / Rivorien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and Diocese of Colima)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Santisima Trinidad, Autlán, Jalisco

Tepic (↑), Guadalajara (↗), Ciudad Guzmán (→), Colima (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.23 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Autlán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (73)
(2015.11.23 – ...)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)

Se anonadó á sí mismo

Born:	1947.04.10 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.03.09

Superior General of Missionaries of the Nativity of Mary (1993 – 1999)

Bishop of Tarahumara (Mexico) (2005.01.04 – 2015.11.23)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (2015.11.23 – ...)

Bishop Gonzalo Galván Castillo (69)
(2004.10.26 – 2015.06.25)

Bishop emeritus of Autlán (Mexico)

Born:	1951.01.19 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.14

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (2004.10.26 – 2015.06.25)

Bishop Lázaro Pérez Jiménez
(1991.05.15 – 2003.07.26)

Born:	1943.09.09 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1968.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.29
Died:	2009.10.25 († 66)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (1991.05.15 – 2003.07.26)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (2003.07.26 – 2009.10.25)

Bishop José Maclovio Vásquez Silos
(1969.03.25 – 1990.07.23)

Born:	1918.11.15 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.05.18
Died:	1990.07.23 († 71)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (1969.03.25 – 1990.07.23)

Bishop Everardo López Alcocer
(1967.07.25 – 1968.12.19)

Born:	1916.02.07 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1942.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.29
Died:	1968.12.19 († 52)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (1967.07.25 – 1968.12.19)

Bishop Miguel González Ibarra
(1961.03.20 – 1967.07.15)

Born:	1918.09.29 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1945.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.28
Died:	1991.08.11 († 72)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (1961.03.20 – 1967.07.15)

Bishop of Ciudad Obregón (Mexico) (1967.07.15 – 1981.11.14)

as of 2020.07.13

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