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Diocese of Cuernavaca

Cuernavacen(sis)

The Diocese of Cuernavaca is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Morelos, Mexico, erected on 23 June 1891. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toluca and is led by Bishop Ramón Castro Castro.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
23 June 1891
Latin
Cuernavacen(sis)
Annuario code
001001248

The see in figures

Catholics
1,850,000
Population
2,144,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
86.3%
Priests
209
Catholics per priest
8,852
Extent
4,942 km²
Catholics per km²
374

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
Ramon Castro Juan

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 de la Asunción de María stands in Acapantzingo, 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 Toluca

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Toluca.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Erected on 23 June 1891, the Diocese of Cuernavaca (Latin: Dioecesis Cuernavacensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toluca, with its seat in the Cuernavaca Cathedral. On May 15, 2013, Pope Francis named S.E.R. Mons. Ramón Castro Castro as the 12th Bishop of Cuernavaca.

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Sources

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.