Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya (Latin: Dioecesis Celayensis) (erected 13 October 1973) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of León. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.

Diocese of Celaya Dioecesis Celayensis Diócesis de Celaya
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of León
Metropolitan	Celaya
Statistics
Area	3,386 sq mi (8,770 km2)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2007) 1,544,000 1,403,000 (90.8%)
Parishes	65
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 October 1973 (51 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Pure Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Sede vacante
Bishop	Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma
Metropolitan Archbishop	Alfonso Cortés Contreras
Bishops emeritus	Benjamín Castillo Plascencia
Map
Website
https://www.diocesisdecelaya.org

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Victorino Alvarez Tena (1974–1987)
• Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1988–2003)
• Lázaro Pérez Jiménez (2003–2009)
• Benjamín Castillo Plascencia (2010–2021)
• Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (2021–present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca in 2012

Episcopal See

• Celaya, Guanajuato

See also

• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Celaya

External links and references

• Diócesis de Celaya official site
• "Diocese of Celaya". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-06.

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