Diocese of Gómez Palacio

Gomez Palacien(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bermejillo, Durango, Mexico

The Diocese of Gómez Palacio is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Durango state, Mexico, erected on 25 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. It is led by Bishop Jorge Estrada Solórzano and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Durango.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 25 November 2008
Latin: Gomez Palacien(sis)
Patron: N-D de Guadalupe
Annuario code: 001001502

The see in figures

Catholics: 521,000
Population: 655,939
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 79.4%
Priests: 53
Catholics per priest: 9,830
Extent: 27,405 km²
Catholics per km²: 19

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: Jorge Estrada Solórzano
Born: 27 August 1961
Birthplace: Ciudad de México

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 Guadalupe stands in Bermejillo, 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 Durango

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Durango.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.