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Diocese of Parral

Parralen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in southern Chihuahua, Mexico, erected 11 March 1992. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hidalgo del Parral.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
11 May 1992
Latin
Parralen(sis)
Annuario code
001002550

The see in figures

Catholics
515,790
Population
541,579
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
95.2%
Priests
47
Catholics per priest
10,974
Extent
43,698 km²
Catholics per km²
12

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
Mauricio Urrea Carrillo
Born
6 July 1969
Birthplace
Nogales

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 St. Joseph stands in Parral, 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

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chihuahua.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Erected in 1992, the Diocese of Parral (Latin: Dioecesis Parralensis) is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua in Mexico.

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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.