Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal
Cancunen(sis)-Chetumalien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cancún-Chetumal, Mexico
Latin rite diocese covering the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Erected 23 May 1970 by Pope Paul VI as the Territorial Prelature of Chetumal, renamed Cancun-Chetumal in 1996, and elevated to a diocese by Pope Francis on 15 February 2020. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Yucatan, with the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Cancun and a co-cathedral in Chetumal.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1970
- Latin
- Cancunen(sis)-Chetumalien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000257
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,040,214
- Population
- 1,626,200
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 64.0%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 7,763
- Extent
- 50,862 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Salvador Gonzalez Morales
- Born
- 20 December 1971
- 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 the Most Holy Trinity stands in Cancún-Chetumal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Yucatan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Yucatan.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CampecheCampeche
- Diocese of TabascoTabasco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Raised from the rank of territorial prelature on 15 February 2020, the Diocese of Cancún-Chetumal (Latin: Dioecesis Cancunensis-Chetumaliensis) is a suffragan see within the province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Yucatán.
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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.