Diocese of Autlán, Mexico

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Autlán / Rivorien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guadalajara

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

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

Contact Info

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

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.07 – ...):

Bishop Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Autlán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa (55)
(2024.02.07 – ...)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico)

Mane nobiscum Domine

Born:	1968.10.13 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.02.22

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1997.05.22 – 2020.11.27)

Titular Bishop of Satafis (2020.11.27 – 2024.02.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2020.11.27 – 2024.02.07)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (2024.02.07 – ...)

Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (77)
(2015.11.23 – 2024.02.07)

Bishop emeritus of Autlán (Mexico)

Se anonadó á sí mismo

Born:	1947.04.10 (Guáscaro Michoacán, 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 – 2024.02.07)

Bishop Gonzalo Galván Castillo
(2004.10.26 – 2015.06.25)

Born:	1951.01.19 (León, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1977.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.14
Died:	2020.11.22 (León, Mexico † 69)

Priest of León (Spain) (1977.07.17 – 2004.10.26)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, Autlán, Jalisco

Churches by City (64)

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

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 14,744 km²

Population: 326,396 Catholics (93.7% of 348,419 total)

Pastoral Centres: 51 parishes, 10 missions

Personnel: 113 priests (diocesan), 3 deacons, 164 religious (164 sisters), 33 seminarians