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Diocese of Tacámbaro

Tacambaren(sis)

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:

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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Sources

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.