Archdiocese of Yucatán
Yucatanen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Abalá, Yucatan, Mexico
The Archdiocese of Yucatán is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese based in Mérida, Mexico, erected in 1518 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1906. Its suffragans are the dioceses of Campeche, Cancún-Chetumal, and Tabasco.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 November 1561
- Latin
- Yucatanen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Remedies
- Annuario code
- 001000217
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,743,000
- Population
- 1,990,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.6%
- Priests
- 258
- Catholics per priest
- 6,756
- Extent
- 39,443 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
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
- Archbishop
- Gustavo Rodríguez
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of San Ildefonso stands in Abalá, 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 Yucatán
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yucatán (Latin: Archidioecesis Yucatanensis) counts among its suffragans the diocese of Campeche, the diocese of Cancún-Chetumal, and the diocese of Tabasco. Its territory matches that of the state of the same name, an area of 17,204 square miles.
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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.