Diocese of Chilpancingo–Chilapa
Chilpancingen(sis)-Chilapen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Acamixtla, Guerrero, Mexico
Latin Catholic diocese in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, erected as the Diocese of Chilapa in 1863 and renamed in 1989, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Acapulco. Bishop Jose de Jesus Gonzalez Hernandez has led the see since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 January 1863
- Latin
- Chilpancingen(sis)-Chilapen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001001134
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,032,881
- Population
- 1,600,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 64.5%
- Priests
- 135
- Catholics per priest
- 7,651
- Extent
- 19,977 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- Bishop
- José de Jesús González Hernández
- Born
- 25 December 1964
- Birthplace
- Etzatlán
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Our Lady of the Assumption stands in Acamixtla, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of the Assumption.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Acapulco
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Acapulco.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AcapulcoAcapulco
- Diocese of Ciudad AltamiranoAjuchitlán del Progreso
- Diocese of TlapaTlapa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Acapulco, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa carries the Latin title Dioecesis Chilpancingensis-Chilapensis.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.