Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico 🇲🇽

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.12.07 – ...):	Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega (77) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Presentazione
Auxiliary Bishop (2018.02.02 – ...):	Bishop Juan Manuel Muñoz Curiel, O.F.M. (68) Titular Bishop of Tucci
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.11.27 – ...):	Bishop Manuel González Villaseñor (62) Titular Bishop of Ploaghe
Auxiliary Bishop (2026.11.04 – ...):	Bishop-elect Ramón Duarte Miranda (57) Titular Bishop of Sereddeli
Auxiliary Bishop (2026.11.04 – ...):	Bishop-elect Héctor Michel Figueroa (56) Titular Bishop of Taparura

Monsignors (37)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Guadalajara (Roman Rite)

Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega (77)
(2011.12.07 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Presentazione
Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

In simplicitate fidei

Born:	1949.03.02 (Mascota, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.06.05
Created Cardinal:	2007.11.24

Priest of Autlán (Mexico) (1976.07.20 – 1991.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Bossa (1991.04.30 – 1996.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (1991.04.30 – 1996.06.15)

Bishop of Toluca (Mexico) (1996.06.15 – 2003.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2003.01.25 – 2011.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Presentazione (2007.11.24 [2008.10.25] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2011.12.07 – ...)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2012.11.14 – 2018.11.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Colima (Mexico) (2021.12.23 – 2023.05.13)

Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (93)
(1994.04.21 – 2011.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Servus

Born:	1933.03.28 (Yahualica, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1957.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.04.30
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1957.10.27 – 1988.03.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1988.03.03 – 1992.07.11)

Bishop of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) (1992.07.11 – 1994.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1994.04.21 – 2011.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia (1994.11.26 – ...)

Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo
(1987.05.15 – 1993.05.24)

Quién come Dios

Born:	1926.11.10 (Salvatierra, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1950.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.14
Created Cardinal:	1991.06.28
Died:	1993.05.24 (Guadalajara, Mexico † 66)

Priest of Morelia (Mexico) (1950.09.23 – 1970.03.21)

Bishop of Tijuana (Mexico) (1970.03.21 – 1982.12.28)

Bishop of Cuernavaca (Mexico) (1982.12.28 – 1987.05.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1987.05.15 – 1993.05.24)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1991 – 1993)

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire in Via Aurelia (1991.06.28 – 1993.05.24)

Assassinated.

Cardinal José Salazar López
(1970.02.21 – 1987.05.15)

Ministrare

Born:	1910.01.12 (Ameca, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1934.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.20
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1991.07.09 (Guadalajara, Mexico † 81)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1934.05.26 – 1961.05.22)

Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium (1961.05.22 – 1967.09.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (1961.05.22 – 1967.09.15)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (1967.09.15 – 1970.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1970.02.21 – 1987.05.15)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1973 – 1980)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (1973.03.05 – 1991.07.09)

Cardinal José Garibi Rivera
(1936.02.18 – 1969.03.01)

Diligite alterutrum

Born:	1889.01.30 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1912.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.05.07
Created Cardinal:	1958.12.15
Died:	1972.05.27 (Guadalajara, Mexico † 83)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1912.02.25 – 1929.12.16)

Titular Bishop of Rhosus (1929.12.16 – 1934.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1929.12.16 – 1934.12.22)

Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1934.12.22 – 1936.02.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1934.12.22 – 1936.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1936.02.18 – 1969.03.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Onofrio (1958.12.18 – 1972.05.27)

President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (1960 – 1963)

Archbishop José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez
(1912.12.02 – 1936.02.18)

In fide et lenitate

Born:	1864.11.19 (Zamora, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1887.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.08.15
Died:	1936.02.18 († 71)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1902.07.09 – 1912.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1912.12.02 – 1936.02.18)

Archbishop José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez
(1901.09.16 – 1912.06.19)

Born:	1849.11.29 (Pátzcuaro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1877
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.09.10
Died:	1912.06.19 († 62)

Bishop of Chihuahua (Mexico) (1893.06.10 – 1901.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1901.09.16 – 1912.06.19)

Archbishop Jacinto López y Romo
(1899.08.19 – 1900.12.31)

Born:	1831.09.10 (Encarnación, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1855.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1886.08.29
Died:	1900.12.31 († 69)

Bishop of Linares (Mexico) (1886.06.10 – 1891.06.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Linares (Mexico) (1891.06.23 – 1899.08.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1899.08.19 – 1900.12.31)

Archbishop Pedro José de Jesús Loza y Pardavé
(1868.06.22 – 1898.11.15)

Born:	1812.01.18 (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1838.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.08.22
Died:	1898.11.15 († 86)

Bishop of Sonora (Mexico) (1852.03.18 – 1868.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1868.06.22 – 1898.11.15)

Archbishop Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos
(1863.01.26 – 1866.11.12)

Born:	1793.06.29 (Tepic, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1816.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1854.01.08
Died:	1866.11.12 († 73)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1816.10.20 – 1853.09.12)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1853.09.12 – 1863.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1863.01.26 – 1866.11.12)

Bishops of Guadalajara (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Espinosa y Dávalos (later Archbishop)
(1853.09.12 – 1863.01.26)

(see above)

Bishop Diego de Aranda y Carpinteiro
(1836.07.11 – 1853.03.17)

Born:	1776.12.20 (Puebla, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1800
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.11.30
Died:	1853.03.17 († 76)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1836.07.11 – 1853.03.17)

Bishop José Miguel Gordoa y Barrios
(1831.02.28 – 1832.07.12)

Born:	1777.03.21 (Sierra de Pines, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1831.08.21
Died:	1832.07.12 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Canea (1830.10.19 – 1831.02.28)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1831.02.28 – 1832.07.12)

Bishop Juan Cruz Ruiz de Cabañas y Crespo
(1795.12.18 – 1824.11.28)

Born:	1752.05.03 (Espronceda, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.04.19
Died:	1824.11.28 († 72)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) (1794.09.12 – 1795.12.18)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1795.12.18 – 1824.11.28)

Bishop Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota
(1793.04.19 – 1794.12.10)

Born:	1723.08.13 (Jaén, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1776.01.14
Died:	1794.12.10 († 71)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) (1775.09.11 – 1783.12.15)

Bishop of Durango (Mexico) (1783.12.15 – 1793.04.19)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1793.04.19 – 1794.12.10)

Bishop Antonio Alcalde y Barriga, O.P.
(1771.08.19 – 1792.08.07)

Born:	1701.03.15 (Cigales, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1763.05.08
Died:	1792.08.07 († 91)

Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1762.01.25 – 1771.08.19)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1771.08.19 – 1792.08.07)

Bishop Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco
(1762.03.29 – 1770.12.11)

Born:	1707 (Riobamba, Ecuador)
Consecrated Bishop:	1751
Died:	1770.12.11 († 62)

Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1750.11.16 – 1762.03.29)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1762.03.29 – 1770.12.11)

Bishop Francisco de San Buenaventura Martínez de Tejada y Díez de Velasco, O.F.M.
(1751.12.20 – 1760.12.20)

Born:	1686.05.18 (Sevilla, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1734.06.20
Died:	1760.12.20 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Tricale (1732.09.03 – 1745.08.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1732.09.03 – 1745.08.23)

Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1745.08.23 – 1751.12.20)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1751.12.20 – 1760.12.20)

Bishop Juan Leandro Gómez de Parada Valdez y Mendoza
(1735 – 1751.01.14)

Born:	1678.03.21 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1716.10.28
Died:	1751.01.14 († 72)

Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1715.12.07 – 1728.12.14)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1728.12.14 – 1735)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1735 – 1751.01.14)

Bishop Nicolás Carlos Gómez de Cervantes y Velázquez de la Cadena
(1726.02.20 – 1734.11.06)

Born:	1668.11 (San Juan de los Reyes, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1723
Died:	1734.11.06 († 66)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1723 – 1726.02.20)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1726.02.20 – 1734.11.06)

Bishop Juan Bautista Alvarez de Toledo, O.F.M.
(1723.07.02 – 1725)

Born:	1655.05.28 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
Consecrated Bishop:	1708.12.15
Died:	1726.07.10 (Guatemala, Guatemala † 71)

Bishop of Chiapas (Mexico) (1708.09.24 – 1713.12.09)

Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1713.12.09 – 1723.07.02)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1723.07.02 – 1725)

Bishop Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia
(Apostolic Administrator 1722 – 1722.04.13)

Bishop Manuel de Mimbela y Morlans, O.F.M.
(1714.02.26 – 1721.05.04)

Born:	1661.06.13 (Fraga en Aragón, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1714.11.04
Died:	1721.05.04 († 59)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1714.02.26 – 1721.05.04)

Archbishop Diego Camacho y Ávila
(1704.01.14 – 1712.10.19)

Born:	1652.11.12 (Badajoz, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1696.08.19
Died:	1712.10.19 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) (1695.11.28 – 1704.01.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1704.01.14 – 1712.10.19)

Bishop Felipe Galindo Chávez y Pineda, O.P.
(1695.05.30 – 1702.03.07)

Born:	1638 (Veracruz, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1695.11.30
Died:	1702.03.07 († 63)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1695.05.30 – 1702.03.07)

Bishop Juan de Santiago y León Garabito
(1677.09.13 – 1694.07.11)

Born:	1641.07.13 (Palma del Río, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1678.05.22
Died:	1694.07.11 († 52)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1676 – 1677.09.13)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1677.09.13 – 1694.07.11)

Bishop Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz y Sahagún
(1674.02.19 – 1676.06.02)

Born:	1637.01.18 (Palencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1661
Consecrated Bishop:	1675.08.24
Died:	1699.02.01 (Tepojuma, Mexico † 62)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1674.02.19 – 1676.06.02)

Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1676.06.02 – 1699.02.01)

Bishop Francisco Verdín y Molina
(1665.07.06 – 1673.11.27)

Born:	(Cartagena, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1666.06.27
Died:	1675.04.29 (Valladolid, Spain)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1665.07.06 – 1673.11.27)

Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1673.11.27 – 1675.04.29)

Bishop Juan Ruiz de Colmenero
(1646.06.25 – 1663.09.28)

Born:	1596 (Budia, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1647.12
Died:	1663.09.28 († 66)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1646.06.25 – 1663.09.28)

Bishop Juan Sánchez Duque de Estrada
(1636.07.21 – 1641.11.12)

Born:	1581 (Santa Cruz de la Jara, Spain)
Died:	1641.11.12 († 59)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1636.07.21 – 1641.11.12)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1641.11.12 – 1641.11.12)

Bishop Leonel de Cervantes y Caravajal
(1629.12.17 – 1636.02.18)

Born:	(México, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1622.07.15
Died:	1637

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1621.03.17 – 1625.12.01)

Bishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1625.12.01 – 1629.12.17)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1629.12.17 – 1636.02.18)

Bishop of Antequera (Mexico) (1636.02.18 – 1637)

Bishop Francisco de Rivera y Pareja, O. de M.
(1618.01.29 – 1629.09.17)

Born:	1561 (Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1618.10.28
Died:	1637.09.05 († 75)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1618.01.29 – 1629.09.17)

Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1629.09.17 – 1637.09.05)

Bishop Juan de Valle y Arredondo, O.S.B.
(1606.03.19 – 1617)

Born:	1567 (San Miguel de Arroyo, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1607.12.31
Died:	1622.02.20 († 54)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1606.03.19 – 1617)

Bishop Alfonso de la Mota y Escobar
(1598.03.11 – 1607.02.12)

Born:	1546.05.18 (México, Mexico)
Consecrated Bishop:	1599.06
Died:	1625.03.16 (Puebla, Mexico † 78)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) (1594.03.31 – 1595)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1598.03.11 – 1607.02.12)

Bishop of Puebla–Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1607.02.12 – 1625.03.16)

Bishop Francisco Santos García de Ontiveros y Martínez
(1592.05.22 – 1596.06.28)

Born:	1535? (Madrigal, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1593.10.03
Died:	1596.06.28 (México, Mexico † 60)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1592.05.22 – 1596.06.28)

Fr. Pedro Suarez de Escobar, O.E.S.A.
(1591 – 1591)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1591 – 1591)

Bishop Domingo de Alzola, O.P.
(1582.07.06 – 1590.02.11)

Born:	1532 (Mondragón, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1582.10.19
Died:	1590.02.11 (Atoyac, Mexico † 57)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1582.07.06 – 1590.02.11)

Bishop Francisco Gómez de Mendiola y Solórzano
(1574.04.19 – 1576.04.23)

Born:	1519.01.19 (Durango, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1574.12.12
Died:	1576.04.23 (Zacatecas, Mexico † 57)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1574.04.19 – 1576.04.23)

Bishop Pedro de Ayala, O.F.M.
(1561.12.18 – 1569.09.19)

Born:	1503 (Guadalajara, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1562.11.08
Died:	1569.09.19 (Guadalajara, Mexico † 65)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1561.12.18 – 1569.09.19)

Bishops of Nueva Galicia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Gómez Malaver
(1548.07.13 – 1551.12.28)

Born:	(Granada, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1550.03.07
Died:	1551.12.28

Bishop of Nueva Galicia (Mexico) (1548.07.13 – 1551.12.28)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José Garibi Rivera (later Cardinal) (1934.12.22 – 1936.02.18)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero (1954.12.18 – 1972.03.25)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Ignacio Mateo Guerra y Alba (1862.04.08 – 1863.03.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ramón Salazar Estrada (63) (2021.09.18 – 2026.09.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa (58) (2020.11.27 – 2024.02.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Héctor López Alvarado (55) (2018.02.02 – 2026.09.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Engelberto Polino Sánchez (60) (2018.02.02 – 2025.08.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia (85) (2008.02.14 – 2018.02.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Francisco González González (60) (later Archbishop) (2008.02.14 – 2013.12.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Leopoldo González González (71) (2005.11.15 – 2015.03.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael Francisco Martínez Sáinz (2002.06.19 – 2012.07.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José María de la Torre Martín (2002.06.19 – 2008.01.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Romano Gómez (67) (2000.03.18 – 2014.11.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (1999.11.18 – 2003.02.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Trinidad González Rodríguez (1997.02.21 – 2015.04.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Luis Chávez Botello (85) (later Archbishop) (1997.02.21 – 2001.07.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Javier Navarro Rodríguez (77) (1992.04.15 – 1999.01.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Guadalupe Martín Rábago (91) (later Archbishop) (1992.04.15 – 1995.08.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ramón Godínez Flores (1980.03.28 – 1998.05.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adolfo Hernández Hurtado (1974.12.12 – 1997.03.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio Sahagún López (1973.10.31 – 1992.04.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael Garcia González (1972.07.10 – 1974.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Garibi Rivera (later Cardinal) (1929.12.16 – 1934.12.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Uranga y Sáenz (1919.11.13 – 1922.04.21)