Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán

Diocese of Culiacán

*Dioecesis Culiacanensis*

Diócesis de Culiacán
Diocese of Culiacán; Dioecesis Culiacanensis; Diócesis de Culiacán
	Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Location
Country	Mexico
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Hermosillo
Metropolitan	Hermosillo
Statistics
Area	14,600 sq mi (38,000 km2)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2006); 2,401,453; 2,319,038 (96.6%);
Parishes	70
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	24 May 1883 (142 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez
Bishops emeritus	Emigdio Duarte Figueroa
Map
Website
	catolicosdeculiacan.com

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Culiacán (Latin: Dioecesis Culiacanensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo.

Bishops

José de Jesús María Uriarte y Pérez (1883 — 1887)
José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1888 — 1898), appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila
José Homobono Anaya y Gutiérrez (1898 — 1902), appointed Bishop of Chilapa, Guerrero
Francisco Uranga y Sáenz (1903 — 1919)
Silviano Carrillo y Cardenas (1920 — 1921)
Agustín Aguirre y Ramos (1922 — 1942)
Lino Aguirre Garcia (1944 — 1969)
Luis Rojas Mena (1969 — 1993)
Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1993 — 2011) - Bishop Emeritus
Jonás Guerrero Corona (2011 — 2023)
Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez (2023 — )

Luis Rojas Mena (1968-1969), appointed Bishop here
Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay (1983-1988), appointed Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato
Benjamín Jiménez Hernández (1989-1993), appointed Bishop here
Emigdio Duarte Figueroa (2007-2010)

Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre, appointed Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila in 1904