Diocese of Azcapotzalco
Azcapotzalcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
The Diocese of Azcapotzalco is a Latin Church diocese in Mexico City erected on November 7, 2019, covering Azcapotzalco and part of Gustavo A. Madero. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico and is sede vacante since February 2026, administered by Archbishop José Antonio Fernández Hurtado.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 September 2019
- Latin
- Azcapotzalcen(sis)
- Patron
- Mary Queen of the Apostles
- Annuario code
- 001005096
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 850,000
- Population
- 1,050,250
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.9%
- Priests
- 99
- Catholics per priest
- 8,586
- Extent
- 81 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10,494
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- José Antonio Fernández Hurtado (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 2 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Morelia
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Philip and James stands in Ciudad de México, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mexico
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mexico.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mexico CityCiudad de Mexico
- Diocese of IztapalapaCiudad de México
- Diocese of XochimilcoCiudad de México
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.