Metropolitan see Ahualulco de Mercado, Jalisco, Mexico
Archdiocese of Guadalajara
Guadalaiaren(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Guadalajara is a Latin metropolitan see covering Jalisco, Mexico, founded as a diocese in 1548 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1863. It is led by Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, and its cathedral is the Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima.
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- Established
- 1548
- Catholics
- 6,160,000
- Priests
- 1,626
- Territory
- 20,834 km²
Parishes and churches
548 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Jesucristo Sumo y Eterno SacerdoteZapopanView parish
- Jesus NiñoGuadalajaraView parish
- Jesús AmigoIxtlahuacán de los MembrillosView parish
- Jesús de NazaretTonaláView parish
- Jesús de NazaretZapopanView parish
- Jesús del Gran PoderGuadalajaraView parish
- Jesús Divino PresoGuadalajaraView parish
- Jesús MaestroGuadalajaraView parish
- Jesús MaríaGuadalajaraView parish
- Jesús NazaretAmatlán de CañasView parish
- Jesús Nuestra PascuaGuadalajaraView parish
- La InmaculadaGuadalajaraView parish
- Madre AdmirableEl SaltoView parish
- Madre AdmirableGuadalajaraView parish
- Madre AdmirableGuadalajaraView parish
- Madre de DiosSanta Cruz del ValleView parish
- Madre de DiosGuadalajaraView parish
- Madre del RedentorGuadalajaraView parish
- Madre del SalvadorGuadalajaraView parish
- Madre Misionera y Reina de los MexicanosTonaláView parish
- Madre Santísima de la LuzGuadalajaraView parish
- María AuxiliadoraGuadalajaraView parish
- María InmaculadaZapopanView parish
- María la Virgen FielGuadalajaraView parish
- María Madre de CristoGuadalajaraView parish
- María Madre de la IglesiaGuadalajaraView parish
- María Madre de los CreyentesGuadalajaraView parish
- María Madre de MisericordiaTlajomulco de ZúñigaView parish
- María Madre del RedentorZapopanView parish
- María Madre NuestraZapopanView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francisco Robles Ortega
- Born
- 2 March 1949
- Birthplace
- Mascota
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The cathedral
Catedral de la Asunción de María Santísima stands in Ahualulco de Mercado, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Latin Catholic archdiocese covering 20,827 km² (8,044 squar miles). Erected on 13 July 1548 from territory separated from the then Diocese of Michoacán, it was raised to an archdiocese on 26 January 1863. As a metropolitan see it presides over the suffragan sees of Aguascalientes, Autlán, Ciudad Guzmán, Colima, Jesús Maria del Nayar (a Territorial Prelature), San Juan de los Lagos and Tepic.
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