Diocese of Xochimilco
Xochimilcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad de México, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
The Diocese of Xochimilco is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Mexico City, erected on 28 September 2019 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mexico. Its second and current bishop, Juan Maria Huerta Muro O.F.M., took possession on 19 March 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 September 2019
- Latin
- Xochimilcen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005098
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 655,000
- Population
- 987,176
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 66.4%
- Priests
- 61
- Catholics per priest
- 10,738
- Extent
- 433 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,513
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 María Huerta Muro
- Born
- 9 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Guadalajara
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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
San Bernardino de Siena, Xochimilco stands in Ciudad de México, 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 Mexico
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mexico.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mexico CityCiudad de Mexico
- Diocese of AzcapotzalcoCiudad de México
- Diocese of IztapalapaCiudad de México
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the Latin Church dioceses of the Catholic Church in Mexico is the Diocese of Xochimilco (Latin: Dioecesis Xochimilcensis).
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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.