Diocese of Colima

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima () (erected 11 December 1881) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara.

On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis named Bishop Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orizaba (based in Orizaba, Mexico) as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colima, replacing the Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, who submitted his resignation at the age of 75 as is usual.

Territorial losses

Bishops

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)
• José Fernández Arteaga (1980–1988)
• Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez (1989–2005)
• José Luis Amezcua Melgoza (2005–2013) – Bishop Emeritus
• Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (2013–2022)
• Gerardo Díaz Vázquez (2023-present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1939–1949)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Crispin Ojeda Márquez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District in 2011

Episcopal See

• Colima, Colima

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