The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cancún–Chetumal () is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán. It was elevated from a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

Territorial Prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

on February 15, 2020.

History

It was erected on 23 May 1970 as the Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, renamed 20 December 1996, as reflected in its double see-name. On 15 February 2020, while keeping the see name, it was raised to diocese. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/02/15/200215d.html/ref> It has a cathedral see, Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, in Cancun, and a co-cathedral, Catedral del Sagrado Corazón, in

Chetumal Chetumal (, , ; , ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the List of states of Mexico, state of Quintana Roo and the municipal seat of the Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, Municipality of Othón ...

, both in

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of ...

on the

Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula ( , ; ) is a large peninsula in southeast Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north and west of the peninsula from the C ...

Episcopal incumbents

All its prelates were members of the

Legion of Christ The Legionaries of Christ (in , abbreviated L.C.) is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right founded on January 3, 1941, by the Mexican Catholic priest Marcial Maciel. It belongs constitutively to the spiritua ...

(L.C.) * Jorge Bernal Vargas, L.C. (1973–2004) - Prelate Emeritus (''initially

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''; title Chetumal till 1996) * Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, L.C. (2004 -); ''changed from Territorial Prelate to Bishop of the diocese'', 15 Feb. 2020

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References

Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico Territorial prelatures Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Yucatán Christian organizations established in 1970 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Organizations based in Cancún 1970 establishments in Mexico Religion in Quintana Roo {{Mexico-RC-diocese-stub