Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico
Latin rite diocese on the Pacific coast of Michoacan, Mexico, erected 11 October 1985. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Morelia. Its seat is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 October 1985
- Latin
- Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas
- Annuario code
- 001001166
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 725,000
- Population
- 805,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.1%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 15,426
- Extent
- 14,885 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 49
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
- Armando Antonio Ortiz Aguirre
- Born
- 17 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Guanajuato
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 Christ the King stands in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, 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 Morelia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Morelia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MoreliaMorelia
- Diocese of ApatzingánAguililla
- Diocese of TacámbaroTacámbaro
- Diocese of ZamoraZamora
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Lazari Cárdenas) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. The bishop's cathedra rests in the Cathedral of Christ the King in the see city of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.
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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.