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Archdiocese of Chihuahua

Chihuahuen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Chihuahua, Mexico

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Mexico, erected as the Diocese of Chihuahua on 23 June 1891 and elevated to an archdiocese on 22 November 1958. Its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Our Lady of Regla and St. Francis of Assisi in the city of Chihuahua. Its suffragans are Ciudad Juarez, Cuauhtemoc-Madera, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Parral and Tarahumara.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
23 June 1891
Latin
Chihuahuen(sis)
Annuario code
001001129

The see in figures

Catholics
1,176,000
Population
1,321,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
89.0%
Priests
172
Catholics per priest
6,837
Extent
73,983 km²
Catholics per km²
16

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

Archbishop
Constancio Miranda Weckmann
Born
15 September 1952
Birthplace
Las Cruces

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

Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Our Lady of Regla and St. Francis of Assisi stands in Chihuahua, 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 Chihuahua

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

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.