Roman Catholic Diocese of Celaya

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 (50 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Pure Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma
Metropolitan Archbishop	Alfonso Cortés Contreras
Bishops emeritus	Benjamín Castillo Plascencia
Map
Website
https://www.diocesisdecelaya.org

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.

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.

20°31′20″N 100°48′43″W / 20.5223°N 100.8119°W / 20.5223; -100.8119

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Prelates

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Saints

• St. Felipe de Jesús, Franciscan cleric
• St. Peter Baptist, Franciscan priest
• St. Mateo Correa Magallanes
• St. Atilano Cruz Alvarado
• St. José María Robles Hurtado
• St. Toribio Romo González
• St. Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
• St. José Maria de Yermo y Parres
• St. Miguel Pro
• St. Anacleto González Flores
• St. José Sánchez del Río
• St. Rafael Guízar y Valencia

Religious

Priests and brothers	Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl
Sisters	La Merced Cloister University of the Cloister of Sor Juana

Devotions

Jesus	(TBA)
Marian	Our Lady of Guadalupe (TBA)

Culture

Christmas	Nochebuena Navidad
Holy Week	Fasting and abstinence
Others	(TBA)

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