previously Bishop of Huajuapan de León (Mexico) (3 Aug 1923 – 13 Mar 1933), Bishop of Tulancingo (Mexico) (13 Mar 1933 – 1 May 1937), Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1 May 1937 – 12 Dec 1941)& Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (1 May 1937 – 12 Dec 1941), succeeding as such Manuel Martín del Campo y Padilla (7 Feb 1970 – death 6 Apr 1972), previously Titular Bishop of Aulon (3 Aug 1946 – 26 Dec 1948), Coadjutor Bishop of León (3 Aug 1946 – 26 Dec 1948), succeeding as Bishop of León in Mexico (Mexico) (26 Dec 1948 – 10 Jun 1965), Titular Archbishop of Vadesi (10 Jun 1965 – 7 Feb 1970) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Morelia (10 Jun 1965 – 7 Feb 1970) succeeded as such Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa (3 Jul 1972 – retired 20 Jan 1995), previously Bishop of Matamoros (Mexico) (20 Jan 1959 – 3 Mar 1968), Bishop of San Luis Potosí (Mexico) (3 Mar 1968 – 3 Jul 1972) Alberto Suárez Inda (20 Jan 1995 – retired 5 Nov 2016), previously Bishop of Tacámbaro (Mexico) (5 Nov 1985 – 20 Jan 1995); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Policarpo (14 Feb 2015 [11 Oct 2015] – ...) Carlos Garfias Merlos (5 Nov 2016 – ...), previously Archbishop of Acapulco Coadjutor bishops Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez (1933–1937); did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop of México, Federal District Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes (1937–1941) Manuel Martín del Campo Padilla (1965–1970) Auxiliary bishops Benito María de Moxó y Francolí O.S.B. (1803–1805), appointed Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia José Antonio de la Peña y Navarro (1862–1863), appointed Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán José Ignacio Árciga Ruiz de Chávez (1866–1868), appointed Archbishop here Luis María Martínez y Rodríguez (1923–1934), appointed Coadjutor here Salvador Martinez Silva (1951–1969) José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1963–1965), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Román Acevedo Rojas (1967–1983) Leopoldo González González (1999–2005), appointed Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas Francisco Moreno Barrón (2002–2008), appointed Bishop of Tlaxcala Octavio Villegas Aguilar (2005–2015) Carlos Suárez Cázares (2008– Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2010– Herculano Medina Garfias (2015– Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (2016– Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Luis María Altamirano y Bulnes, appointed Bishop of Apatzingán, Michoacán in 1962 Juan Jesús Cardinal Posadas Ocampo, appointed Bishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte in 1970; future Cardinal Alejo Zavala Castro, appointed Bishop of Tlapa, Guerrero in 1992 Rodrigo Aguilar