Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Irapuato is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of León in southern Mexico.
Its cathedral Episcopal see is Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, at Irapuato, Guanajuato.

History

Established on 3 January 2004 as Diocese of Irapuato / Irapuaten, on territories split off from the Diocese of León and the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. It was a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí until 25 November 2006.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,427,998 Catholics on 4,775 km² in 68 parishes and 38 missions with 168 priests, 2 deacons, 278 lay religious and 75 seminarians.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of Irapuato