Ordinaries ;
Diocese of Durango Erected: 28 September 1620 •
Gonzalo Hernandez y Hermosillo y Gonzalez,
O.S.A. (12 Oct 1620 – 28 Jan 1631 Died) •
Alfonso de Franco y Luna (7 Jun 1632 – 30 May 1639 Appointed,
Bishop of La Paz) •
Francisco Diego Díaz de Quintanilla y de Hevía y Valdés,
O.S.B. (8 Aug 1639 – 14 May 1655 Appointed,
Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca) •
Pedro de Barrientos Lomelin (31 May 1655 – 27 Dec 1658 Died) •
Juan Aguirre y Gorozpe (17 Nov 1659 – 21 Sep 1671 Died) •
Juan de Ortega Cano Montañez y Patiño (16 Apr 1674 – 9 Sep 1675 Appointed,
Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala) •
Bartolomé Garcia de Escañuela,
O.F.M. (16 Nov 1676 – 20 Nov 1684 Died) •
Manuel de Herrera,
O.F.M. (13 May 1686 – 31 Jan 1689 Died) •
García Felipe de Legazpi y Velasco Altamirano y Albornoz (27 Aug 1691 – 8 Aug 1701 Appointed,
Bishop of Michoacán) •
Manuel de Escalante Colombres y Mendoza (3 Oct 1701 – 19 May 1704 Appointed,
Bishop of Michoacán) •
Ignacio Diez de la Barrera y Bastida (16 Nov 1705 – 20 Sep 1709 Died) •
Pedro de Tapiz y Garcia (26 Feb 1714 – 13 Apr 1722 Died) • Benito Crespo y Monroy,
O.S. (9 Oct 1722 – 20 Jan 1734 Confirmed,
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)) • Martín de Elizacoechea (27 Jul 1735 – 8 Mar 1745 Confirmed,
Bishop of Michoacán) • Pedro Anselmo Sánchez de Tagle (10 Apr 1747 – 26 Sep 1757 Appointed,
Bishop of Michoacán) • Pedro Zamorana Romezal (19 Dec 1757 – 21 Dec 1768 Died) • José Vicente Díaz Bravo,
O. Carm. (20 Nov 1769 – 24 Apr 1772 Died) • Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain (14 Dec 1772 – 12 Jun 1781 Died) • Esteban Lorenzo de Tristán y Esmenota (15 Dec 1783 – 17 Jun 1793 Appointed,
Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco) • José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez,
O.F.M. (21 Feb 1794 – 19 Aug 1794 Died) • Francisco Gabriel de Olivares y Benito (22 Feb 1795 – 26 Feb 1812 Died) • Juan Francisco Castañiza Larrea y Gonzalez de Agüero (18 Dec 1815 – 29 Oct 1825 Died) •
José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante (28 Feb 1831 – 28 Nov 1863 Died) • José Vicente Salinas e Infanzón (22 Jun 1868 – 9 Jan 1894 Died) ;
Archdiocese of Durango Elevated: 23 June 1891 • Santiago de Zubiría y Manzanera (18 Mar 1895 – 26 Jan 1909 Died) • Francisco de Paula Mendoza y Herrera (7 Aug 1909 – 23 Jul 1923 Died) • José María González y Valencia (24 Mar 1924 – 28 Jan 1959 Died) • Lucio Torreblanca y Tapia (25 May 1959 – 23 Aug 1961 Died) • Antonio López Aviña (14 Dec 1961 – 4 Mar 1993 Retired) • José Trinidad Medel Pérez (4 Mar 1993 – 5 Jun 2002 Resigned) • Héctor González Martínez (11 Feb 2003 – 26 Sep 2014 Retired) • José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (26 Sep 2014 – 25 Jan 2019 Appointed, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, México) •
Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez (21 Sep 2019 - )
Auxiliary bishops •
José María González y Valencia (1922–1924), appointed Archbishop here •
Francisco Ferreira Arreola (1957–1960), appointed Bishop of Texcoco, México •
Rafael Barraza Sánchez (1979–1981), appointed Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa •
Manuel Mireles Vaquera (1982–1988), appointed Coadjutor Prelate of El Salto, Durango •
José Andrés Corral Arredondo (1989–1992), appointed Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua •
Juan de Dios Caballero Reyes (1993–2008) •
Enrique Sánchez Martínez (2008–2015), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría, appointed Bishop of Chihuahua in 1902 •
Norberto Rivera Carrera, appointed Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla in 1985; future Cardinal ==Present Bishops==