Diocese of Celaya, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Celaya / Celayen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: León

Neighbouring Dioceses: Irapuato (←), León (↖), San Luis Potosí (↑), Querétaro (→), Morelia (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1973.10.13: Established as Diocese of Celaya / Celayen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia and Diocese of León and became suffragan of Morelia)
1988.11.05: Became suffragan of San Luis Potosí
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of León

Contact Info

Address: Manuel Doblado # 110 Col. Centro, 38000 - Celaya, Gto., Mexico

Phone: (461) 6-12-48-35

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.12 – ...):

Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (61)

Monsignors (13)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Celaya (Roman Rite)

Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (61)
(2021.06.12 – ...)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico)

Fiat

Born:	1965.04.05 (San Guillermo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.02.25

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1989.12.10 – 2015.12.01)

Titular Bishop of Castulo (2015.12.01 – 2021.06.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) (2015.12.01 – 2021.06.12)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (2021.06.12 – ...)

Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia
(2010.04.29 – 2021.06.12)

Pro eis

Born:	1945.09.09 (Ixtlahuacán del Río, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.01.08
Died:	2026.04.13 (Celaya, Mexico † 80)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1974.04.14 – 1999.11.18)

Titular Bishop of Sufasar (1999.11.18 – 2003.02.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1999.11.18 – 2003.02.08)

Bishop of Tabasco (Mexico) (2003.02.08 – 2010.04.29)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (2010.04.29 – 2021.06.12)

Bishop Lázaro Pérez Jiménez
(2003.07.26 – 2009.10.25)

Born:	1943.09.09 (Tizimín, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1968.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.29
Died:	2009.10.25 (Ciudad de México, Mexico † 66)

Priest of Yucatán (Mexico) (1968.09.21 – 1991.05.15)

Bishop of Autlán (Mexico) (1991.05.15 – 2003.07.26)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (2003.07.26 – 2009.10.25)

Bishop Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay
(1988.04.28 – 2003.07.26)

Born:	1940.05.16 (Culiacán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1964.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.05.04
Died:	2013.06.22 (Mexico † 73)

Priest of Culiacán (Mexico) (1964.03.12 – 1983.02.10)

Titular Bishop of Belesasa (1983.02.10 – 1988.04.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (1983.02.10 – 1988.04.28)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (1988.04.28 – 2003.07.26)

Bishop Victorino Alvarez Tena
(1974.02.14 – 1987.11.04)

Born:	1920.03.10 (Puruándiro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.25
Died:	1987.11.04 († 67)

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1943.04.10 – 1962.05.24)

Bishop of Apatzingán (Mexico) (1962.05.24 – 1974.02.14)

Bishop of Celaya (Mexico) (1974.02.14 – 1987.11.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Purísima Concepción, Celaya, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site: Iglesia San Miguel Arcángel, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site: Santuario de Jesús Nazareno, Atotonilco, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Salud, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Francisco, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Juan de Dios, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Santa Ana, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
World Heritage Site (Minor): Oratorio de San Felipe Neri, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

Irapuato (←), León (↖), San Luis Potosí (↑), Querétaro (→), Morelia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,768 km²

Population: 1,692,400 Catholics (92.5% of 1,829,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes

Personnel: 283 priests (206 diocesan, 77 religious), 1 deacon, 410 religious (101 brothers, 309 sisters), 50 seminarians