Diocese of Cuernavaca
| Diocese of Cuernavaca | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toluca |
| Diocesan bishop | Ramon Castro Castro |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Florencio Olvera Ochoa |
| founding | 1891 |
| surface | 4,893 km² |
| Parishes | 111 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,903,811 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,509,199 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 79.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 152 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,985 |
| Friars | 122 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 421 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Asunción de María |
| Website | www.diocesisdecuernavaca.org.mx |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuernavaca ( lat. : Dioecesis Cuernavacensis , span. : Diócesis de Cuernavaca ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Cuernavaca .
history
The diocese Cuernavaca was on June 23, 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. built from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Mexico City and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
- Fortino Hipólito Vera y Talonia , 1894–1898
- Francisco Plancarte y Navarrette , 1898–1911, then Archbishop of Linares o Nueva León
- Manuel Fulcheri y Pietrasanta , 1912–1922, then Bishop of Zamora
- Francisco Uranga y Sáenz , 1922–1930
- Francisco María González y Arias , 1931-1946
- Alfonso Espino y Silva , 1947–1951, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Monterrey
- Sergio Méndez Arceo , 1952–1982
- Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo , 1982–1987, then Archbishop of Guadalajara
- Luis Reynoso Cervantes , 1987-2000
- Florencio Olvera Ochoa , 2002-2009
- Alfonso Cortés Contreras , 2009–2012, then Archbishop of León
- Ramón Castro Castro , since 2013
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Cuernavaca - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Cuernavaca (Spanish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Cuernavaca on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)