Metropolitan see León, Mexico
Archdiocese of León
Leonen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese based in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, created as the Diocese of Leon on 26 January 1863 by Pope Pius IX and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 25 November 2006. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light. Its suffragans are Celaya, Irapuato and Queretaro.
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- Established
- 1863
- Catholics
- 3,416,000
- Priests
- 375
- Territory
- 8,793 km²
Parishes and churches
137 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupePresidentesView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe “Madre de los Mexicanos”Town not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AnunciaciónTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónLeónView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónComanja de CoronaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la CandelariaMezquitilloView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del CobreTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la EncarnaciónTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la MercedTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los DoloresZangarroView parish
- Nuestra Señora de OcotlánTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los LagosTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Santa María del CarmenTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Santa TeresaTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CaminoTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Nuestra Señora del Monte CarmeloTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Patrocinio de GuanajuatoTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RefugioTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Sagrado CorazónTown not recordedView parish
- Nuestro Señor Jesucristo Rey del UniversoTown not recordedView parish
- Nuevo Valle de GuadalupeTown not recordedView parish
- Padre EternoTown not recordedView parish
- Purísima del CoecilloTown not recordedView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsEl MagueyView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsSan José El AltoView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsValle del SolView parish
- San AgustínTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Jaime Calderon Calderon
- Born
- 1 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Churintzio
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light stands in León, 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 city of León, Guanajuato, the Archdiocese of León (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico. Its territory of 41,940 km2 reaches into the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro and holds a population of 6,500,000.