Diocese of Ciudad Juarez
| Diocese of Ciudad Juarez | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chihuahua |
| Diocesan bishop | José Guadalupe Torres Campos |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Renato Ascencio León |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 29,639 km² |
| Parishes | 68 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 2,615,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 2,222,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 94 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 17,635 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 49 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 169 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdeciudadjuarez.net/ |
The Diocese of Ciudad Juárez ( Latin Dioecesis Civitatis Iuarezensis , Spanish Diócesis de Ciudad Juárez ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Ciudad Juárez ( Mexico ).
history
The diocese was founded on April 10, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution In similitudinem Christi from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Chihuahua . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Chihuahua as a suffragan . On April 25, 1966, the Diocese of Ciudad Juarez were parts of its territory establishing the with the Apostolic Constitution In Christ similitudinem established territorial prelate Madera from. Another area assignment on 13 April 1977 with establishment of the Apostolic Constitution praecipuum animarum established territorial prelate Nuevo Casas Grandes .
Bishops of Ciudad Juarez
- Manuel Talamás Camandari , 1957–1992
- Juan Sandoval Íñiguez , 1992–1994, then Archbishop of Guadalajara
- Renato Ascencio León , 1994-2014
- José Guadalupe Torres Campos , since 2014
