Diocese of Querétaro, Mexico 🇲🇽

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Querétaro / Queretaren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: León

Neighbouring Dioceses: Morelia (↙), Celaya (←), San Luis Potosí (↑), Ciudad Valles (↗), Huejutla (↗), Tula (→), Atlacomulco (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Soriano

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1863.01.26: Established as Diocese of Querétaro / Queretaren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of México and Diocese of Michoacán and became suffragan of Michoacán)
1988.11.05: Became suffragan of San Luis Potosí
2006.11.25: Became suffragan of León

Contact Info

Address: Reforma #48 Col. Centro, C.P. 76000 - Querétaro, Qro., Mexico

Phone: (442) 2-12-10-33

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (61)

Monsignors (4)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Querétaro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (61)
(2026.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of Querétaro (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 – 2026.09.21)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (2026.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Fidencio López Plaza (76)
(2020.09.12 – 2026.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of Querétaro (Mexico)

Quæ non assumpta non redempta sunt

Born:	1950.04.28 (La Estancia San José Iturbide, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.05.20

Priest of Querétaro (Mexico) (1982.02.19 – 2015.03.02)

Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla (Mexico) (2015.03.02 – 2020.09.12)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (2020.09.12 – 2026.09.21)

Bishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez (71) (later Archbishop)
(2011.04.20 – 2019.09.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico)

Me hecho todo para todos

Born:	1955.07.23 (Magdalena de Kino, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1982.09.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.02.23

Priest of Hermosillo (Mexico) (1982.09.11 – 2005.01.04)

Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (2005.01.04 – 2011.04.20)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (2011.04.20 – 2019.09.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Durango (Mexico) (2019.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Mario de Gasperín Gasperín (91)
(1989.04.04 – 2011.04.20)

Bishop emeritus of Querétaro (Mexico)

Gloria Dei vivens homo

Born:	1935.01.18 (Córdoba, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1960.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.08.04

Priest of Córdoba (Mexico) (1960.10.30 – 1983.06.03)

Bishop of Tuxpan (Mexico) (1983.06.03 – 1989.04.04)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1989.04.04 – 2011.04.20)

Bishop Alfonso Tóriz Cobián
(1958.03.20 – 1988.10.25)

Born:	1913.08.12 (Juchitlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1939.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.10.31
Died:	1992.03.25 (Querétaro, Mexico † 78)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1939.10.28 – 1954.08.24)

Titular Bishop of Avissa (1954.08.24 – 1956.01.12)

Bishop of Chilapa (Mexico) (1956.01.12 – 1958.03.20)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1958.03.20 – 1988.10.25)

Bishop Marciano Tinajero y Estrada
(1933.07.02 – 1957.10.27)

Born:	1871.11.01 (Apaseo el Alto, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1896.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.08.24
Died:	1957.10.27 († 85)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1933.07.02 – 1957.10.27)

Bishop Francisco Banegas y Galván
(1919.02.28 – 1932.11.14)

Born:	1867.03.05 (Celaya, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1891
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.07.27
Died:	1932.11.14 († 65)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1919.02.28 – 1932.11.14)

Bishop Manuel Rivera y Muñoz
(1908.05.11 – 1914.05.02)

Born:	1859.06.16 (Querétaro, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1883.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.01.22
Died:	1914.05.02 († 54)

Priest of Querétaro (Mexico) (1883.05.19 – 1904.11.14)

Titular Bishop of Carpasia (1904.11.14 – 1908.05.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1904.11.14 – 1908.05.11)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1908.05.11 – 1914.05.02)

Bishop Rafael Sabás Camacho y García
(1885.03.27 – 1908.05.11)

Born:	1826.12.05 (Etzatlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1851.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.05.24
Died:	1908.05.11 (Querétaro, Mexico † 81)

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1851.03.16 – 1885.03.27)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1885.03.27 – 1908.05.11)

Bishop Ramón Camacho y García
(1868.06.22 – 1884.07.30)

Born:	1818.03.02 (Etzatlán, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1841
Consecrated Bishop:	1869.07.04
Died:	1884.07.30 († 66)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1868.06.22 – 1884.07.30)

Bishop Bernardo Gárate y López de Arizmendi
(1863.03.19 – 1866.07.31)

Born:	1796.08.20 (México, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1819.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.04.17
Died:	1866.07.31 († 69)

Priest of México (Mexico) (1819.12.15 – 1863.03.19)

Bishop of Querétaro (Mexico) (1863.03.19 – 1866.07.31)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Manuel Rivera y Muñoz (1904.11.14 – 1908.05.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site: Catedral de San Felipe Neri, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
Former Cathedral: Iglesias de Santiago Apóstol, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
Minor Basilica: Basílica del Santuario de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de Soriano, Colón, Querétaro
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pueblito, El Pueblito, Querétaro
World Heritage Site: Misión de Nuestra Señora de la Luz de Tancoyol, Tancoyol, Querétaro
World Heritage Site: Misión de San Francisco de Asís del Valle de Tilaco, Landa de Matamoros, Querétaro
World Heritage Site: Misión de San Miguel Concá, Río Verde, Querétaro
World Heritage Site: Misión de Santa María de la Purísima Concepción del Agua de Landa, Xilitla, Querétaro
World Heritage Site: Templo Parroquial de Santiago Apóstol, Jalpan de Serra, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Cristo Rey, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Agustín, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Antonio de Padua, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia San Francisco, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Santa Ana, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Santa Clara, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Santa Cruz, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Iglesia Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Templo Expiatorio de Carmelitas, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
World Heritage Site (Minor): Templo Expiatorio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de la Misericordia, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Morelia (↙), Celaya (←), San Luis Potosí (↑), Ciudad Valles (↗), Huejutla (↗), Tula (→), Atlacomulco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,326 km²

Population: 2,660,924 Catholics (89.7% of 2,965,360 total)

Pastoral Centres: 120 parishes

Personnel: 362 priests (233 diocesan, 129 religious), 4 deacons, 1,195 religious (221 brothers, 974 sisters), 68 seminarians