Diocese of Culiacán, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Culiacán / Culiacanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Hermosillo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad Obregón (↖), Tarahumara (↑), Parral (↗), El Salto (→), Mazatlán (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1883.05.24: Established as Diocese of Sinaloa (from Diocese of Sonora and became suffragan of Guadalajara)
1891.06.23: Became suffragan of Durango
1958.11.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mazatlán
1959.02.16: Renamed as Diocese of Culiacán / Culiacanen(sis) (Latin)
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of Hermosillo

Contact Info

Address: Av. Juan Pablo II 26 Col. Lomas de Guadalupe, 80220 - Culiacán, Sin., Mexico

Phone: (667) 7-12-32-72

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñónez (64)

Monsignors (19)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Culiacán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jesús José Herrera Quiñónez (64)
(2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico)

In verbo tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1961.12.20 (Mexicali, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1987.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.12.15

Priest of Mexicali (Mexico) (1987.12.20 – 2011.10.27)

Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (Mexico) (2011.10.27 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Jonás Guerrero Corona (79)
(2011.03.18 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of Culiacán (Mexico)

Como yo Los he amado

Born:	1946.11.20 (El Chante, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.15

Priest of Autlán (Mexico) (1974.07.06 – 2001.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Assava (2001.06.27 – 2011.03.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of México (Mexico) (2001.06.27 – 2011.03.18)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (2011.03.18 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop Benjamín Jiménez Hernández
(1993.10.04 – 2011.03.18)

Born:	1938.03.31 (Pénjamo, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.29
Died:	2020.11.26 (Hermosillo, Mexico † 82)

Titular Bishop of Sullectum (1989.05.13 – 1993.10.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (1989.05.13 – 1993.10.04)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (1993.10.04 – 2011.03.18)

Bishop Luis Rojas Mena
(1969.08.20 – 1993.10.04)

Born:	1917.06.21 (Jalapa de Cánovas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1945.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.16
Died:	2009.03.18 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Accia (1968.05.06 – 1969.08.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (1968.05.06 – 1969.08.20)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (1969.08.20 – 1993.10.04)

Bishop Lino Aguirre Garcia
(1959.02.16 – 1969.08.20)

Born:	1895.09.23 (Mezticacán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1919.11.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.03.12
Died:	1975.02.20 († 79)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1944.01.22 – 1959.02.16)

Bishop of Culiacán (Mexico) (1959.02.16 – 1969.08.20)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ (1969.08.20 – 1970.12.31)

Bishops of Sinaloa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lino Aguirre Garcia
(1944.01.22 – 1959.02.16)

(see above)

Bishop Agustín Aguirre y Ramos
(1922.07.24 – 1942.05.07)

Born:	1867.05.05 (San Sebastián, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1893.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1922.10.01
Died:	1942.05.07 († 75)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1922.07.24 – 1942.05.07)

Bishop Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas
(1920.07.30 – 1921.09.10)

Born:	1861.03.04 (Pátzcuaro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1884.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1921.02.24
Died:	1921.09.10 (Culiacán, Mexico † 60)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1884.12.26 – 1920.07.30)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1920.07.30 – 1921.09.10)

Bishop Francisco Uranga y Sáenz
(1903.06.25 – 1919.11.13)

Born:	1863.11.16 (Santa Cruz de Rosales, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1886.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1903.08.16
Died:	1930.07.09 († 66)

Priest of Durango (Mexico) (1886.03.05 – 1903.06.25)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1903.06.25 – 1919.11.13)

Titular Bishop of Tlous (1919.11.13 – 1922.04.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1919.11.13 – 1922.04.21)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1922.04.21 – 1930.07.09)

Bishop José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez
(1898.11.28 – 1902.08.24)

Born:	1836.11.10 (Pegueros, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1860.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.02.12
Died:	1906.12.10 (Chilapa, Mexico † 70)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1898.11.28 – 1902.08.24)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1902.08.24 – 1906.12.10)

Bishop José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M.
(1888.10.28 – 1898.11.28)

Born:	1838.01.24 (Ciudad de México, 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)

Bishop José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez
(1883.03.15 – 1887.05.26)

Born:	1825.12.12 (Badiraguato, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1850
Consecrated Bishop:	1870.03.13
Died:	1887.05.26 (Culiacán, Mexico † 61)

Priest of Sonora (Mexico) (1850 – 1869.06.25)

Bishop of Sonora (Mexico) (1869.06.25 – 1883.03.15)

Bishop of Sinaloa (Mexico) (1883.03.15 – 1887.05.26)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (58) (2007.01.15 – 2010.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1989.05.13 – 1993.10.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1983.02.10 – 1988.04.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Rojas Mena (1968.05.06 – 1969.08.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Culiacán, Sinaloa

Ciudad Obregón (↖), Tarahumara (↑), Parral (↗), El Salto (→), Mazatlán (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 40,308 km²

Population: 1,814,167 Catholics (79.0% of 2,296,414 total)

Pastoral Centres: 122 parishes, 1,015 missions

Personnel: 183 priests (177 diocesan, 6 religious), 98 deacons, 149 religious (10 brothers, 139 sisters), 59 seminarians