Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León (Latin: Archidioecesis Leonensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of León, Guanajuato. It currently covers an area of 41,940 km², and has a population of 6,500,000, including the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro. The diocese was erected as a diocese on February 21, 1864 and was elevated to Archdiocese on Novemebr 25, 2006.
The current Archbishop is José Guadalupe Martín Rábago.
The Archdiocese of León is the Metropolitan see of the suffragan dioceses of Irapuato, Celaya, Querétaro.
The Archdiocese of León covers the municipalities of León, Guanajuato, San Felipe, Ocampo, San Francisco del Rincón, Purísima del Rincón, Romita, Silao and Cd. Manuel Doblado.
The Diocese of Irapuato includes the municipalities of Abasolo, Cuerámaro, Huanímaro, Irapuato, Jaral del Progreso, Pénjamo, Pueblo Nuevo, Salamanca, and Valle de Santiago.
The Diocese of Celaya covers 11 municipalities: San Diego de la Unión, Dolores Hidalgo, San Luis de la Paz, San Miguel de Allende, Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, Comonfort, Villagrán, Celaya, Apaseo el Grande, Cortazar, and Apaseo el Alto.
The Diocese of Querétaro covers 18 municipalities of the State of Querétaro and 7 municipalities of Guanajuato: Atarjea, Docto Mora, San José Iturbide, Santa Catarina, Tierra Blanca, Victoria, and Xichú.
[edit] List of Ordinaries of León
- José de Sollano y Dávaols (1863 - 1881)
- Tomás Barón y Morales (1882 - 1898)
- Santiago Garza Zambrano (1898 - 1900)
- Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1900 - 1907)
- José Mora y del Rio (1907 - 1908)
- Emeterio Valverde y Télles (1909 - 1948)
- Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla (1948 - 1965)
- Anselmo Zarza Bernal (1966 - 1992)
- Rafael Garcia González (1992 - 1994)
- José Martín Rábago (1995 - present)
