Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara
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Diocese of Tarahumara
Dioecesis Tarahumarensis
Diócesis de Tarahumara
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Chihuahua |
Metropolitan | Guachochi |
Statistics | |
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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 (65 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 |
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.
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
External links and references
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- Roman Catholic dioceses in Mexico
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Chihuahua
- Religious organizations established in 1958
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- Mexican Roman Catholic diocese stubs