Diocese of Ecatepec
Ecatepecen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ecatepec, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in the densely populated Ecatepec area of the State of Mexico, erected 5 February 1979. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ecatepec de Morelos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 June 1995
- Latin
- Ecatepecen(sis)
- Patron
- San Cristóbal de Licia, Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- Annuario code
- 001001342
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,400,000
- Population
- 4,300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.1%
- Priests
- 152
- Catholics per priest
- 22,368
- Extent
- 202 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16,832
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
- Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos
- Born
- 19 January 1960
- Birthplace
- León (Messico)
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 Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Ecatepec, 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 Tlalnepantla
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TlalnepantlaAtizapán
- Diocese of CuautitlánCuautitlán
- Diocese of IzcalliIzcalli
- Diocese of NetzahualcóyotlNetzahualcóyotl
- Diocese of TeotihuacanAcolman
- Diocese of TexcocoCamelias
- Diocese of Valle de ChalcoValle de Chalco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its see city at Ecatepec de Morelos in the state of Mexico, the Diocese of Ecatepec (Latin: Dioecesis Ecatepecensis) was erected on 28 June 1995 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.
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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.