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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Colima

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima (Latin: Dioecesis Colimensis) (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba (based in Orizaba, Mexico) as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima, replacing the Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, who submitted his resignation at the age of 75 as is usual.

Territorial losses

Date Reason
28 January 1961 to form the Diocese of Autlán
13 January 1962 to form the Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar)
30 April 1962 to form the Diocese of Apatzingan
25 March 1972 to form the Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán
25 March 1972 to form the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Episcopal See

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

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