Diocese of Colima
Colimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alcaraces, Colima, Mexico
The Diocese of Colima is a Latin Church diocese in Colima, Mexico, erected on December 11, 1881, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. Its patroness is Our Lady of Guadalupe.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1881
- Latin
- Colimen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Annuario code
- 001001190
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 591,262
- Population
- 649,739
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.0%
- Priests
- 128
- Catholics per priest
- 4,619
- Extent
- 11,393 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
- Gerardo Díaz Vázquez
- Born
- 25 May 1966
- Birthplace
- La Angostura
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
Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe stands in Alcaraces, 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 Guadalajara
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Guadalajara.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GuadalajaraAhualulco de Mercado
- Diocese of AguascalientesAguascalientes
- Diocese of AutlánAhuacapán
- Diocese of Ciudad GuzmánCiudad Guzmán
- Diocese of Jesús MaríaGuadalupe Ocotán
- Diocese of San Juan de los LagosSan Juan de los Lagos
- Diocese of TepicTepic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded on 11 December 1881, the Diocese of Colima (Latin: Dioecesis Colimensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara. On Monday, November 11, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez, until then Bishop of the Diocese of Orizaba (seated in Orizaba, Mexico), to lead Colima. He succeeded Bishop José Luis Amezcua Melgoza, who had offered his resignation upon reaching the customary age of 75.
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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.