Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán
| Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guadalajara |
| Diocesan bishop | Oscar Campos Contreras |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Braulio Rafael León Villegas |
| founding | 1972 |
| surface | 9,345 km² |
| Parishes | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 423,582 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 402,403 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 95% |
| Diocesan priest | 95 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,692 |
| Friars | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 110 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San José |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Guzmán ( lat. : Dioecesis Guzmanopolitana , span. : Diócesis de Ciudad Guzmán ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciudad Guzmán .
history
The diocese of Ciudad Guzmán was founded on March 25, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. built from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Guadalajara and the Diocese of Colima . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Guadalajara as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ciudad Guzmán
- Leonardo Viera Contreras , 1972–1977
- Serafín Vásquez Elizalde , 1977–1999
- Braulio Rafael León Villegas , 1999–2017
- Oscar Campos Contreras , since 2017