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, across the Río Grande from

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. It is part of the

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of Chihuahua and is a

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of the

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History

The Diocese of Ciudad Juárez was erected by Pope Pius XII

on 10 April 1957 from the Diocese of Chihuahua because of the population growth in the northern part of the state of Chihuahua. Pope Pius named Manuel Talamás Camandar

as the first bishop, and by 1966 he was overseeing a diocese of 565,000 faithful. When Bishop Talamás retired in 1992, the diocese consisted of more than one million Catholics. Juan Sandoval Íñiguez

was selected by

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to succeed Talamás as second bishop on 11 July 1992, but remained for less than two years before being transferred to

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to replace the assassinated archbishop, Cardinal

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on 21 April 1994. His successor was Renato Ascencio Leó

who had been subsequently the bishop of the neighboring Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, Chihuahua. Bishop Ascencio was installed on 7 October 1994, and administers a diocese with a Catholic population(2006) of 2,179,000.

Demographics

According to the Church census of 2016, the diocese is also made up of 116 priests, 73 parishes, 170 female and male religious, and covers 29,639 square kilometers(11,448 square miles). There are 9,414 faithful for each priest.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Manuel Talamás Camandari Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

† (21 May 1957 Appointed - 11 Jul 1992 Retired, Died 10 May 2005) *

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(11 Jul 1992 Succeeded - 21 Apr 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco); elevated to Cardinal in 1994 *

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† (7 Oct 1994 Appointed - 20 Dec 2014 Retired, Died 27 Jun 2022) * (20 Dec 2014 Appointed - ) †-deceased

Coadjutor bishop

(1988-1992)

Auxiliary bishop

* (2005-2008, appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* , appointed Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua in 2004

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ciudad Juarez

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