Diocese of Cuernavaca
Cuernavacen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Acapantzingo, Morelos, Mexico
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:
- Archdiocese of TolucaAlmoloya de Juárez
- Diocese of AtlacomulcoAtlacomulco
- Diocese of TenancingoAlmoloya de Alquisiras
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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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.