The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara (Latin: Dioecesis Tarahumarensis) is a suffragan diocese of the 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.
Diocese of Tarahumara Dioecesis Tarahumarensis Diócesis de Tarahumara | |
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Standort | |
Land | Mexiko |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Chihuahua |
Metropolitan | Guachochi |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,110 sq mi (31,400 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 306,000 296,000 (96.7%) |
Parishes | 15 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 23 June 1958 (66 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Mary |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Constancio Miranda Weckmann |
Map | |
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Ordinaries
edit- 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
editExternal links and references
edit- "Diocese of Tarahumara". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.