Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
| Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Morelia |
| Diocesan bishop | Armando António Ortíz Aguirre |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra |
| founding | 1985 |
| surface | 14,890 km² |
| Parishes | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 880,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 818,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 93% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 16,053 |
| Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 68 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Cristo Rey |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdecdlazarocardenas.org.mx/ |
The diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas ( lat. : Dioecesis Civitatis Lazarus Cárdenas , span. : Diócesis de [Ciudad] Lázaro Cárdenas ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciudad Lazaro Cardenas .
history
The diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas was established on October 11, 1985 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum probe from cedings of the dioceses of Apatzingán and Ciudad Altamirano and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Acapulco as a suffragan diocese.
On November 25, 2006, the diocese Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas was by Pope Benedict XVI. Subordinated to the Archdiocese of Morelia as a suffragan with the Apostolic Constitution Mexicani populi .
Bishops of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas
- José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra , 1985-1993
- Salvador Flores Huerta , 1993-2006
- Fabio Martínez Castilla , 2007–2013, then Archbishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Armando António Ortíz Aguirre , since 2013