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.
On the map
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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.
- San Andrés ApóstolTown not recordedView parish
- San BernardoTown not recordedView parish
- San Diego de Jaral de BerrioTown not recordedView parish
- San Felipe ApóstolTown not recordedView parish
- San Felipe de JesúsTown not recordedView parish
- San Francisco de AsísSan Francisco del RincónView parish
- San Francisco de AsísLeónView parish
- San JoséSan José del BosqueView parish
- San José de El TanqueTown not recordedView parish
- San José de La QuemadaTown not recordedView parish
- San José de PinosTown not recordedView parish
- San José de TrejoTown not recordedView parish
- San José del ConsueloTown not recordedView parish
- San José María de Yermo y ParresTown not recordedView parish
- San José ObreroTown not recordedView parish
- San José y SantiagoMarfilView parish
- San Juan BautistaOcampoView parish
- San Juan BautistaEl PaisajeView parish
- San Juan Bautista de la SalleTown not recordedMass times recorded
- San Juan Bautista de LlanosTown not recordedView parish
- San Juan BoscoTown not recordedView parish
- San Juan DiegoTown not recordedView parish
- San Juan EvangelistaSan Juan de la PuertaView parish
- San Juan Pablo IITown not recordedView parish
- San Lucas EvangelistaTown not recordedView parish
- San Marcos EvangelistaTown not recordedMass times recorded
- San Martín de PorresTown not recordedMass times recorded
- San Mateo ApóstolTown not recordedView parish
- San Maximiliano KolbeTown not recordedView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelSan Francisco del RincónView 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.