Diocese of Aguascalientes, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Aguascalientes / de Aguas Calientes (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guadalajara

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1899.08.27: Established as Diocese of Aguascalientes / de Aguas Calientes (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara)

Contact Info

Address: Venustiano Carranza No. 106, Col. Centro, 20000 - Aguascalientes, Ags., Mexico

Phone: (449) 9-15-32-61

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.05)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.12.23 – ...):

Bishop Juan Espinoza Jiménez (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Aguascalientes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Espinoza Jiménez (60)
(2021.12.23 – ...)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Hagamos lo que Él nos dice

Born:	1965.05.11 (La Piedad, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1993.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.22

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1993.01.31 – 2010.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Arpi (2010.12.15 – 2021.12.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2010.12.15 – 2021.12.23)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.15 – 2019.05.15)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (2021.12.23 – ...)

Bishop José María de la Torre Martín
(2008.01.31 – 2020.12.14)

In verbo autem tuo

Born:	1952.09.09 (Pegueros, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1980.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.16
Died:	2020.12.14 (Aguascalientes, Mexico † 68)

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1980.06.01 – 2002.06.19)

Titular Bishop of Panatoria (2002.06.19 – 2008.01.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2002.06.19 – 2008.01.31)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (2008.01.31 – 2020.12.14)

Archbishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago (89)
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.05 – 2008.01.31)

Bishop Ramón Godínez Flores
(1998.05.18 – 2007.04.20)

Born:	1936.04.18 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1959.10.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.06.24
Died:	2007.04.20 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Centenaria (1980.03.28 – 1998.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1980.03.28 – 1998.05.18)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1998.05.18 – 2007.04.20)

Bishop Rafael Muñoz Núñez
(1984.06.01 – 1998.05.18)

Born:	1925.01.14 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1951.03.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.29
Died:	2010.02.19 († 85)

Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1972.07.20 – 1984.06.01)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1984.06.01 – 1998.05.18)

Bishop Salvador Quezada Limón
(1951.10.20 – 1984.01.28)

Born:	1909.01.07 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.12.08
Died:	1993.11.20 († 84)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1951.10.20 – 1984.01.28)

Bishop José de Jesús López y González
(1929.09.20 – 1950.11.11)

Born:	1872.10.15 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1897.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.03.30
Died:	1950.11.11 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Dadima (1927.07.01 – 1929.09.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1927.07.01 – 1929.09.20)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1929.09.20 – 1950.11.11)

Bishop Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz
(1913.01.09 – 1928.05.12)

Born:	1861.07.30 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1884.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.10.19
Died:	1928.05.12 († 66)

Bishop of Sonora (Mexico) (1902.09.09 – 1913.01.09)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1913.01.09 – 1928.05.12)

Bishop José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M.
(1902.03.08 – 1912.11.27)

Born:	1838.01.24 (Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1861.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.12.08
Died:	1912.11.27 († 74)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1888.10.28 – 1898.11.28)

Bishop of Saltillo (Mexico) (1898.11.28 – 1902.03.08)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico) (1902.03.08 – 1912.11.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alfredo Torres Romero (1975.01.04 – 1976)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ricardo Guízar Díaz (later Archbishop) (1977.12.09 – 1984.11.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José de Jesús López y González (1927.07.01 – 1929.09.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

Guadalajara (↙), Zacatecas (↑), León (↘), San Juan de los Lagos (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,038 km²

Population: 1,530,167 Catholics (91.2% of 1,677,277 total)

Pastoral Centres: 123 parishes, 175 missions

Personnel: 353 priests (313 diocesan, 40 religious), 639 religious (61 brothers, 578 sisters), 79 seminarians