Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
Territorial losses
Ordinaries
*Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez (1883 -1888)
*Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes (1889 -1891)
*Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado (1892 -1900)
*José Amador Velasco y Peña (1903 -1949)
*Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1949 -1967)
*Leonardo Viera Contreras (1967 -1972)
*Rogelio Sánchez González (1972 -1980) - Bishop Emeritus
*José Fernández Arteaga (1980 -1988)
*Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1989 -2005) - Bishop Emeritus
*José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (2005 - )
Episcopal See
*Colima, Colima
External links and references
*cite web|title = Diocese of Colima|work=Catholic-Hierarchy|url =http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcoli.html|accessdate=2007-02-05
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