Ordinaries Ordinaries who became Cardinals: •
Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez, in 1969 •
Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, in 1979 •
Norberto Rivera Carrera, in 1998 •
Carlos Aguiar Retes, in 2016 while Archbishop of Tlalnepantla
Coadjutor archbishop •
Miguel Darío Cardinal Miranda y Gómez (1955–1956); future Cardinal
Current auxiliary bishops •
Luis Manuel Pérez Raygoza (appointed 25 January 2020) •
Héctor Mario Pérez Villarreal (appointed 25 January 2020) •
Andrés Luis García Jasso (appointed 24 Aug 2021) •
Francisco Javier Acero Pérez, O.A.R. (appointed 18 November 2022)
Former auxiliary bishops •
Juan Manuel de Irrizarri y Peralta (27 April 1840 – 27 March 1849) •
Maximino Ruiz y Flores (8 March 1920 – 11 May 1949) •
Francisco Orozco Lomelín (19 March 1952 – 17 October 1990) •
José Villalón Mercado (1 April 1952 – 12 September 1977) •
Alfredo Torres Romero (30 December 1967 – 4 January 1975), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Aguascalientes •
Luis Mena Arroyo (13 July 1961 – 1 September 1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua; returned here as Auxiliary Bishop (27 July 1979 – 9 September 1995), with personal title of Archbishop •
Jorge Martínez Martínez (5 June 1971 – 1 August 1994) •
Javier Lozano Barragán (5 June 1979 – 28 October 1984), appointed Bishop of Zacatecas; future Cardinal •
Francisco María Aguilera González (5 June 1979 – 12 January 1996) •
Carlos Talavera Ramírez (15 January 1980 – 14 March 1984), appointed Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz •
Genaro Alamilla Arteaga (26 January 1980 – 10 October 1989) •
Ricardo Watty Urquidi,
M.Sp.S. (27 May 1980 – 6 November 1989), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas •
Abelardo Alvarado Alcántara (26 April 1985 – 22 July 2008) •
José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda (11 March 1997 – 3 January 2004), appointed Bishop of Irapuato, Guanajuato •
Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez (5 January 1998 – 23 February 2008), appointed Bishop of Orizaba, Veracruz •
José Luis Fletes Santana (29 January 2000 – 31 May 2003) •
Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón (29 January 2000 – 19 October 2005), appointed Bishop of Cuautitlán, México •
Rogelio Esquivel Medina (27 June 2001 – 27 June 2008) •
Felipe Tejeda García,
M.Sp.S. (29 January 2000 – 30 July 2010) •
Jonás Guerrero Corona (27 June 2001 – 18 March 2011), appointed Bishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa •
Francisco Clavel Gil (27 June 2001 – 28 May 2013) •
Antonio Ortega Franco, C.O. (11 February 2004 – 16 February 2019) •
José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa (2 March 2004 – 5 February 2009), appointed Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, Puebla •
Carlos Briseño Arch, O.A.R. (20 May 2006 – 12 November 2018), appointed Bishop of Veracruz •
Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (27 November 2008 – 16 February 2019), appointed Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca •
Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco (7 May 2009 – 28 September 2019), appointed Bishop of Iztapalapa •
Crispin Ojeda Márquez (4 June 2011 – 27 July 2018), appointed Bishop of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca •
Jorge Estrada Solórzano (28 May 2013 – 11 May 2019), appointed Bishop of Gómez Palacio, Durango •
Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, M.Sp.S. (25 January 2020 – died 18 January 2021) •
Carlos Enrique Samaniego López (16 February 2019 – 21 August 2025), appointed Bishop of Texcoco •
Salvador González Morales (16 February 2019 – 6 December 2025)
Other priests of the archdiocese who became bishops •
Bernardo Gárate y López de Arizmendi (15 December 1819 – 19 March 1863), appointed Bishop of Querétaro •
Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta (17 December 1898 – 6 May 1912), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca •
Gerardo Anaya y Diez de Bonilla (2 April 1904 – 8 March 1920), appointed Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas) •
Arturo Vélez Martínez (29 June 1934 – 8 February 1951), appointed Bishop of Toluca ==Territorial losses==