Roman Catholic Diocese of Autlán

Diocese of Autlán Dioecesis Rivoriensis Diócesis de Autlán
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Guadalajara
Statistics
Area	5,212 sq mi (13,500 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 332.088 320,386 (96.5%)
Parishes	47
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	28 January 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francisco Robles Ortega
Bishops emeritus	Rafael Sandoval Sandoval
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Autlán (Latin: Dioecesis Rivoriensis) (erected 28 January 1961) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Miguel González Ibarra (1961-1967)
• Everardo López Alcocer (1967-1968)
• José Maclovio Vásquez Silos (1969-1990)
• Lázaro Pérez Jiménez (1991-2003)
• Gonzalo Galván Castillo (2004-2015)
• Rafael Sandoval Sandoval (2015-2024)
• Eduardo Muñoz Ochoa (2024-)^[1]

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Luis Robles Díaz, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 1985
• José Francisco Robles Ortega, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México in 1991; future Cardinal
• Jonás Guerrero Corona, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2001

Episcopal See

• Autlán, Jalisco

External links and references

• "Diocese of Autlán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

Specific

1. "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-02-15.

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