Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan

Diocese of Apatzingan

Dioecesis Apatzinganiensis

Diócesis de Apatzingán
Location
CountryMexico
Ecclesiastical provinceMorelia
Statistics
Area5,060 sq mi (13,100 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
718,000
646,000 (90%)
Parishes26
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established30 April 1962 (62 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCristóbal Ascencio García
Metropolitan ArchbishopCarlos Garfias Merlos
Map
Website
www.diocesisdeapatzingan.org.mx

The Diocese of Apatzingan (Latin: Dioecesis Apatzinganiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. Its cathedra is found within the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Apatzingan, Michoacán.

History

The Diocese of Apatzingan was erected on 30 April 1962. Along with the Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, it lost territory in 1985 to form the Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas.

Ordinaries

  • "Diocese of Apatzingan". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-07.

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