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 Miguel ArcángelLeónView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelSan FelipeView parish
- San Nicolás de TolentinoTown not recordedView parish
- San Pablo ApóstolTown not recordedMass times recorded
- San Pedro ApóstolSan Pedro de AlmoloyánView parish
- San Pedro Apóstol de IbarraTown not recordedView parish
- San Pedro de los HernándezTown not recordedView parish
- San Pedro PiedragordaTown not recordedView parish
- San Pedro y San PabloTown not recordedView parish
- San Pío XTown not recordedView parish
- San Rafael ArcángelTown not recordedView parish
- Santa AnaSanta Ana del CondeView parish
- Santa BárbaraTown not recordedView parish
- Santa Cecilia MártirTown not recordedView parish
- Santa ClaraTown not recordedView parish
- Santa Fe de GuadalupeTown not recordedView parish
- Santa Margarita María AlacoqueTown not recordedView parish
- Santa Martha de BetaniaTown not recordedView parish
- Santa María de GuadalupeRomitaView parish
- Santa María de Guadalupe “Madre de la Misericordia”Town not recordedView parish
- Santa María de Guadalupe “Reina de la Misericordia”Town not recordedView parish
- Santa María de Guadalupe “Reina de los Apóstoles”Town not recordedView parish
- Santa María Madre DolorosaTown not recordedView parish
- Santa María Reina de los ÁngelesTown not recordedMass times recorded
- Santa RosaGuanajuatoView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaLeónView parish
- Santiago ApóstolLeónView parish
- Santiago ApóstolSilaoView parish
- Santísima TrinidadTown not recordedView parish
- Señor de la AgoníaTown 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.