Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico 🇲🇽

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Juan de los Lagos / Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Guadalajara

Neighbouring Dioceses: Guadalajara (←), Aguascalientes (↑), León (→), Morelia (↘), Zamora (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1972.03.25: Established as Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos / Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara and became suffragan of Guadalajara)

Contact Info

Address: Morelos #30, Centro, 47000 - Sn. Juan de los Lagos, Jal., Mexico

Phone: (395) 7-85-05-70

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.05)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.03.19 – ...):	Bishop José Leopoldo González González (71)
Auxiliary Bishop (2026.01.28 – ...):	Bishop-elect Trinidad Antonio Márquez Guerrero (60) Titular Bishop of Melzi

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Juan de los Lagos (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Leopoldo González González (71)
(2024.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Justitia et Pax et Gaudium

Born:	1955.02.07 (Cañadas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.01.25

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1984.05.27 – 2005.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Thuburnica (2005.11.15 – 2015.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (2005.11.15 – 2015.03.19)

General Secretary of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2006 – 2009)

Bishop of Nogales (Mexico) (2015.03.19 – 2024.03.19)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2024.03.19 – ...)

Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.06.29 – 2024.03.19)

Bishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (63) (later Archbishop)
(2016.04.02 – 2022.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico)
Apostolic Administrator of Matehuala (Mexico)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1962.07.31 (Monterrey, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1989.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.26

Priest of Monterrey (Mexico) (1989.01.31 – 2009.01.07)

Titular Bishop of Isola (2009.01.07 – 2016.04.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Monterrey (Mexico) (2009.01.07 – 2016.04.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) (2015.07.29 – 2015.11.16)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2016.04.02 – 2022.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (2022.03.26 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2022.06.29 – 2024.03.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Matehuala (Mexico) (2026.04.09 – ...)

Bishop Felipe Salazar Villagrana (85)
(2008.03.11 – 2016.04.02)

Bishop emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico)

Born:	1940.09.20 (Amatlán de Cañas, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.14

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1968.12.21 – 1972.03.25)

Priest of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1972.03.25 – 2008.03.11)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (2008.03.11 – 2016.04.02)

Bishop Javier Navarro Rodríguez (76)
(1999.01.20 – 2007.05.03)

Bishop emeritus of Zamora (Mexico)

Gaudium et Pax in Fide

Born:	1949.10.27 (Tala, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.06.05

Priest of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1978.12.23 – 1992.04.15)

Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1992.04.15 – 1999.01.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1992.04.15 – 1999.01.20)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1999.01.20 – 2007.05.03)

Bishop of Zamora (Mexico) (2007.05.03 – 2025.11.20)

Vice-President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.) (2012.11.14 – 2018.11.13)

Bishop José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco
(1988.02.12 – 1999.01.20)

Born:	1921.03.30 (Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1948.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.07.25
Died:	2017.09.04 (Guadalajara, Mexico † 96)

Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (1965.05.20 – 1988.02.12)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1988.02.12 – 1999.01.20)

Bishop José López Lara
(1981 – 1987.04.25)

Born:	1927.03.19 (Moroleón, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1953.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.02.22
Died:	1987.04.25 († 60)

Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (1967.12.11 – 1981)

Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1981 – 1987.04.25)

Archbishop Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero
(1972.03.25 – 1980.12)

Born:	1905.12.03 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Ordained Priest:	1928.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.08.15
Died:	1983.12.01 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Syedra (1951.07.10 – 1951.12.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1951.07.10 – 1951.12.05)

Bishop of Zacatecas (Mexico) (1951.12.05 – 1954.12.18)

Titular Archbishop of Garella (1954.12.18 – 1972.03.25)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1954.12.18 – 1972.03.25)

Archbishop-Bishop of San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) (1972.03.25 – 1980.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos, San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco

Guadalajara (←), Aguascalientes (↑), León (→), Morelia (↘), Zamora (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,000 km²

Population: 980,656 Catholics (96.3% of 1,018,429 total)

Pastoral Centres: 92 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 366 priests (351 diocesan, 15 religious), 442 religious (43 brothers, 399 sisters), 181 seminarians