Diocese of Tacámbaro
Tacambaren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tacámbaro, Mexico
Latin rite diocese seated in Tacambaro, Michoacan, Mexico, erected on 26 July 1913. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Morelia and its seat is the Cathedral of St. Jerome.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 July 1913
- Latin
- Tacambaren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003146
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 346,000
- Population
- 362,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.6%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 3,802
- Extent
- 14,628 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
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
- Juan Carlos Arcq Guzman
- Born
- 17 October 1966
- Birthplace
- Monterrey
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. Jerome stands in Tacámbaro, 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 Morelia
A suffragan of Morelia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MoreliaMorelia
- Diocese of ApatzingánAguililla
- Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro CárdenasCiudad Lázaro Cárdenas
- Diocese of ZamoraZamora
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Tacámbaro (Latin: Dioecesis Tacambarensis), erected on 26 July 1913, is a Latin Church jurisdiction within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. Its cathedra stands in the Cathedral of St. Jerome in the see city of Tacámbaro, Michoacán.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, María Zendejas 69, 61650 Tacámbaro, Mich., México
- Telephone
- [459]596-00-44; fax 596-07-30
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.