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List Of Roman Catholic Archdioceses In México
The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico comprises eighteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces in turn comprise 18 archdioceses, 69 dioceses, and 5 territorial prelatures and each headed by a bishop (of some kind). List of Dioceses Ecclesiastical province of Acapulco * Archdiocese of Acapulco ** Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa ** Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano ** Diocese of Tlapa Ecclesiastical province of Antequera, Oaxaca * Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca ** Diocese of Puerto Escondido ** Diocese of Tehuantepec ** Diocese of Tuxtepec ** Prelature of Huautla ** Prelature of Mixes Ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua * Archdiocese of Chihuahua ** Diocese of Ciudad Juárez ** Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera ** Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes ** Diocese of Parral ** Diocese of Tarahumara Ecclesiastical province of Durango * Archdiocese of Durango ** Diocese of Mazatlán ** Diocese of Torreón ** Diocese of Gómez Palacio ** Prelat ...
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The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ...
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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature Of Mixes
The Territorial Prelature of Mixes ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Mixepolitanus) is a Latin Church missionary territory or territorial prelature of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Antequera. The prelature is named for the city of San Juan Juquila Mixes and the Mixe people, with the episcopal see of Ayutla. History The Territorial Prelature of Mixes was erected on 21 December 1964. The present ordinary, Salvador Cleofás Murguía Villalobos, is a Salesian of Don Bosco from the Mexico-Guadalajara (MEG) province. After his term as provincial, he was appointed to the Central Department of Formation of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption .... In 2018 he wa ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Aguascalientes
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes ( la, Dioecesis de Aguas Calientes) (erected 27 August 1899) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Bishops Ordinaries *José María de Jesús Portugal y Serratos, O.F.M. (1902 -1912) * Ignacio Valdespino y Díaz (1913 -1928) * José de Jesús López y Gonzalez (1929 -1950) * Salvador Quezada Limón (1951 -1984) * Rafael Muñoz Nuñez (1984 -1998) - Bishop Emeritus * Ramón Godinez Flores (1998 - 2007) * José María de la Torre Martín (2008 - 2020) *Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2022- ) Coadjutor bishop * Alfredo Torres Romero (1975-1976); did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Toluca, México in 1980 Auxiliary bishops * José de Jesús López y González (1927-1929), appointed Bishop here *Ricardo Guízar Díaz (1977-1984), appointed Bishop of Atlacomulco, México Other priests of this diocese who became bishops * Juan María Navarrete y Guerrero, appointed Bishop of Sonora in 1919 * Emilio Carlos Berlie Bela ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Guadalajara
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara ( la, Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It currently covers an area of 20,827 km² (8,044 Square Miles). The diocese was erected on July 13, 1548 and was elevated to Archdiocese on January 26, 1863."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guadalajara"
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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature Of El Salto
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Salto ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Saltensis in Mexico) (erected 10 June 1968) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango. Ordinaries * Francisco Medina Ramírez, (1973–1988) *Manuel Mireles Vaquera (1988–2005) - Prelate Emeritus * Ruy Rendón Leal (2005–2011), appointed Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas * Juan María Huerta Muro, (since 2012) Episcopal See *El Salto, Durango El Salto is a town and seat of the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Durango. As of 2015, the town had a total population of 24,241, Situated on a pine-forested plateau about 2,580 meters (8,464 fee ... External links and references * El Salto Territorial prelatures El Salto, Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Salto El Salto 1968 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Gómez Palacio
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gómez Palacio ( la, Dioecesis Gomez-Palaciensis) is located in Mexico. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango from which it was erected by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Ordinaries * José Guadalupe Torres Campos (2008–2014), appointed Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua *José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz (2015-2018) *Jorge Estrada Solórzano (2019-) Episcopal See *Gómez Palacio, Durango Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, adjacent to the border of the state of Coahuila. The city is named in honor of former Durango governor, Francisco Gómez Palacio y Bravo. As of 2010, the ... External links and references * Gomez Palacio Gomez Palacio, Roman Catholic Diocese of Gomez Palacio Gomez Palacio {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Torreón
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Torreón ( la, Dioecesis Torreonensis) (erected 19 June 1957) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango. The diocese was the second one created in the state of Coahuila. It comprises the five municipalities that form the Laguna region of the State: Torreón, Francisco I. Madero, Viesca, Matamoros and San Pedro. Before 1959 the territory was part of the Diocese of Saltillo. Bishops Ordinaries * Fernando Romo Gutiérrez (1958 - 1990) *Luis Morales Reyes (1990 - 1999), appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México * José Guadalupe Galván Galindo (2000 - 2017) * Luis Martín Barraza Beltrán, Ist. del Prado (2017 - ) Coadjutor bishop *Luis Morales Reyes Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ... (1985-1990) Episcopal See * Torr ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Mazatlán
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazatlán ( la, Dioecesis Mazatlanensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Durango. It was erected in 1958 and, along with the archdiocese, lost territory in 1968 to form the Territorial Prelature of El Salto. Ordinaries * Miguel Garcia Franco (1958 -1981) * Rafael Barraza Sánchez (1981 -2005) *Mario Espinosa Contreras is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his cre ... (2005 - ) Episcopal See * Mazatlán, Sinaloa See also * Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mazatlán External links and references * Mazatlan Mazatlan, Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazatlan Mazatlan 1958 establishments in Mexico {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Durango
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durango ( la, Archidioecesis Durangensis) is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Mexico. Based in the city of Durango, it is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Gómez Palacio, Mazatlán and Torreón as well as the Territorial Prelature of El Salto."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durango"
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Tarahumara
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara ( la, Dioecesis Tarahumarensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chihuahua, Archdiocese of Chihuahua. It was erected as a mission sui juris in 1950 and was elevated, first to a vicariate apostolic in 1958, then to a diocese in 1993. Ordinaries *Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. (1958–1973) *José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. (1975–1992) *José Luis Dibildox Martínez (1993–2003) *Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (2005– ) Episcopal see *Guachochi, Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua External links and references

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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Parral
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Parral ( la, Dioecesis Parralensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, in Mexico. It was erected in 1992. Ordinaries *José Andrés Corral Arredondo (1992 – 2011) *Eduardo Cirilo Carmona Ortega Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ..., C.O.R.C. (2012 – 2019), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Córdoba, Veracruz Episcopal See * Parral, Chihuahua External links and references * Parral Parral, Roman Catholic Diocese of {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Nuevo Casas Grandes
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes ( la, Dioecesis Neograndicasensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, in Mexico. It was created as a territorial prelature in 1977 and elevated in 2000. It has an area of 36,320, a population of 149,000, a Catholic population of 130,000, 37 priests, and 45 religious. Ordinaries * Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. (1977–2004) - Bishop Emeritus; died in 2010 * Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López (2004–2010) - Transferred by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, to be the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco, Mexico *Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez (2011–Present), appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, on Thursday, October 27, 2011; formerly a Monsignor and a pastor in the clergy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mexicali, Mexico; he was born in Mexicali in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1987; he has served as Diocesan Assistant to the Christian Family Movement, and as Secretary and Chancellor o ...
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