Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzingan
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Diocese of Apatzingan
Dioecesis Apatzinganiensis
Diócesis de Apatzingán
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Location | |
Country | Mexico |
Ecclesiastical province | Morelia |
Statistics | |
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Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 718,000 646,000 (90%) |
Parishes | 26 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 30 April 1962 (61 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Cristóbal Ascencio García |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Garfias Merlos |
Map | |
File:Roman Catholic Diocese of Apatzigan in Mexico.jpg | |
Website | |
www.diocesisdeapatzingan.org.mx |
The Diocese of Apatzingan (Latin: Dioecesis Apatzinganiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Morelia. Its cathedra is found within the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in the episcopal see of Apatzingan, Michoacán.
History
The Diocese of Apatzingan was erected on 30 April 1962. Along with the Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano, it lost territory in 1985 to form the Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas.
Ordinaries
- Victorino Alvarez Tena (1962–1974), appointed Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato
- José Fernández Arteaga (1974–1980), appointed Bishop of Colima
- Miguel Patiño Velázquez (1981–2014)
- Cristóbal Ascencio García (2014–)
External links and references
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