Diocese of Parral
Parralen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Parral, Mexico
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:
- Archdiocese of ChihuahuaChihuahua
- Diocese of Ciudad JuárezCiudad Ahumada
- Diocese of Cuauhtémoc–MaderaAnáhuac
- Diocese of Nuevo Casas GrandesAbdenago C. García
- Diocese of TarahumaraTarahumara
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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.