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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.

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