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Diocese of Iztapalapa

Iztapalapan(us)

The Diocese of Iztapalapa is a Latin Church diocese in Mexico City, erected on 28 September 2019 from territory of the Archdiocese of Mexico, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista has led the see since 2021.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
28 September 2019
Latin
Iztapalapan(us)
Patron
The Lord of the Holy Sepulchre
Annuario code
001005097

The see in figures

Catholics
1,517,130
Population
1,827,868
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
83.0%
Priests
117
Catholics per priest
12,967
Extent
117 km²
Catholics per km²
12,967

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 Cuapio Bautista
Born
6 April 1967
Birthplace
Santa Ana Chiauhteman

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 Shrine of the Lord of the Holy Sepulchre stands in Ciudad de México, 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 Mexico

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mexico.

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.