Diocese of Valle de Chalco
Vallis Chalcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Valle de Chalco, Mexico
Latin rite diocese in the State of Mexico, erected on 8 July 2003. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla and its seat is the Cathedral of St. Juan Diego.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 July 2003
- Latin
- Vallis Chalcen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000068
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,302,000
- Population
- 2,613,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.1%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 24,489
- Extent
- 1,235 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,864
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
- Victor Rene Rodriguez Gomez
- Born
- 17 November 1950
- Birthplace
- San Martín de las Pirámides
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. Juan Diego stands in Valle de Chalco, 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 Tlalnepantla.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TlalnepantlaAtizapán
- Diocese of CuautitlánCuautitlán
- Diocese of EcatepecEcatepec
- Diocese of IzcalliIzcalli
- Diocese of NetzahualcóyotlNetzahualcóyotl
- Diocese of TeotihuacanAcolman
- Diocese of TexcocoCamelias
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Valle de Chalco (Latin: Dioecesis Vallis Chalcensis), erected on 8 July 2003, belongs to the province of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla as a suffragan see.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Calle Alzate 10, Col. Centro, 56600 Chalco, Méx., México
- Telephone
- [55]5973-1379; fax 5973-1381
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.