Ordinaries • Juan Antonio de Jesús Sacedón Sánchez † (1778–1779) • Rafael José Verger y Suau (1782–1790) •
Andrés Ambrosio de Llanos y Valdés (1791–1799) •
Primo Feliciano Marín y Porras (1801–1815) •
José Ignacio de Arancibia y Hormaguei (1817–1821) •
José María de Jesús Belaunzarán y Ureña (1831–1838) •
Salvador de Apodaca y Loreto (1842–1844) •
Jose Ignacio Sánchez Navarro (1851–1852) •
Francisco de Paula Verea y González (1853–1879) named Bishop of
Tlaxcala •
José María Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón (1879–1884) named Bishop of
San Luis Potosí •
Blasius Enciso (1884–1885) •
Jacinto López y Romo (1886–1895) named Archbishop of
Guadalajara • Santiago de los Santos Garza Zambrano (1895–1907) •
Leopoldo Ruiz y Flóres (1907–1911) named Archbishop of
Michoacán •
Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete (1912–1920) •
José Juan de Jesús Herrera y Piña (1921–1927) •
José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1929–1940) •
Guillermo Tritschler y Córdova (1941–1952) •
Alfonso Espino y Silva (1952–1976) •
José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1976–1983) •
Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1983–2003) elevated to Cardinal in 1994 •
Francisco Robles Ortega (2003–2011) named Archbishop of
Guadalajara; elevated to Cardinal in 2007 •
Rogelio Cabrera López (2012–present)
Coadjutor bishop •
Alfonso Espino y Silva (1951–1952)
Auxiliary bishops •
José Guadalupe Ortíz y López (1926–1929), appointed Archbishop here •
José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza (1973–1976), appointed Archbishop here •
Luis Reynoso Cervantes (1978–1982), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora •
Alfonso de Jesús Hinojosa Berrones (1985–2000) •
Gustavo Rodríguez Vega (2001–2008), appointed Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas •
Alfonso Cortés Contreras (2005–2009), appointed Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos •
José Lizares Estrada (2007–2009) •
Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2009–2012), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas •
Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (2014–2024), appointed Bishop of Piedras Negras •
Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes (2014–present) •
Heriberto Cavazos Pérez (2016–2023), retired •
Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal (2016–2021), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas •
Juan Carlos Arcq Guzmán (2020–2024), appointed Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán •
José Manuel Garza Madero (2020–present) •
César Garza Miranda (2020–present) •
José Eugenio Ramos Delgado (2025–present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
José Guadalupe Galván Galindo, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Valles, San Luís Potosí in 1994 •
Miguel Angel Alba Díaz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca in 1995 •
Eduardo Porfirio Patiño Leal, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz in 2000 •
Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño, appointed Bishop of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in 2003 •
Ruy Rendón Leal, appointed Prelate of El Salto, Durango in 2005 •
Hilario González García, appointed Bishop of Linares, Nuevo León in 2014 ==See also==