Diocese of Culiacán

Culiacanen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Culiacán, Mexico

Latin rite diocese covering central and northern Sinaloa, Mexico, erected 24 May 1883. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Culiacan.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 1883
Latin: Culiacanen(sis)
Patron: san José
Annuario code: 001001250

The see in figures

Catholics: 2,319,038
Population: 2,401,453
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 96.6%
Priests: 180
Catholics per priest: 12,884
Extent: 37,814 km²
Catholics per km²: 61

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: Jesus Jose Herrera Quinonez
Born: 20 December 1961
Birthplace: Mexicali

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 Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary stands in Culiacán, 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 Hermosillo

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Hermosillo.

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.