Diocese of Netzahualcóyotl
Netzahualcoyotlen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Netzahualcóyotl, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico, erected 5 February 1979. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla. Its seat is the Cathedral of Jesus Lord of Mercy, serving one of the most populous diocesan territories in Mexico.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 February 1979
- Latin
- Netzahualcoyotlen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002374
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,364,880
- Population
- 5,647,243
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.0%
- Priests
- 129
- Catholics per priest
- 41,588
- Extent
- 2,409 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,227
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
- Hector Luis Morales Sanchez
- Born
- 12 September 1954
- Birthplace
- Tamuin
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 Jesus Lord of Mercy stands in Netzahualcóyotl, 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 EcatepecEcatepec
- Diocese of IzcalliIzcalli
- 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
The Diocese of Nezahualcóyotl (Latin: Dioecesis Netzahualcoyotlensis), erected on 5 February 1979, belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla as a suffragan see.
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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.