Diocese of Colima
| Diocese of Colima | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guadalajara |
| Diocesan bishop | Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez José Luis Amezcua Melgoza |
| Vicar General | Javier Avalos Cárdenas |
| founding | 1881 |
| surface | 11,391 km² |
| Parishes | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 766,670 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 707.132 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 92.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 119 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,657 |
| Friars | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 220 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |
| Website | www.diocesisdecolima.org |
The Diocese of Colima ( lat. : Dioecesis Colimensis , span. : Diócesis de Colima ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Colima .
history
The diocese of Colima was on December 11, 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. built with the papal bull Si principum from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On 28 January 1961, the Diocese of Colima were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Cristifidelium Utilitati erected Diocese of Autlán from. Another assignment of territory took place on January 13, 1962 to establish the territorial prelature Jesús María del Nayar . The Diocese of Colima announced on April 30, 1962 parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Quo Aptius erected diocese Apatzingán from. Further assignments of territory took place on March 25, 1972 to found the dioceses Ciudad Guzmán and San Juan de los Lagos, established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui omnium .
Bishops of Colima
- Francisco Melitón Vargas y Gutiérrez , 1883–1888, then Bishop of Tlaxcala
- Francisco de Paula Díaz y Montes , 1889-1891
- Atenógenes Silva y Álvarez Tostado , 1892–1900, then Archbishop of Michoacán
- José Amador Velasco y Peña , 1903-1949
- Ignacio de Alba y Hernández , 1949-1967
- Leonardo Viera Contreras , 1967–1972, then Bishop of Ciudad Guzmán
- Rogelio Sánchez González , 1972–1980
- José Fernández Arteaga , 1980–1988, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Chihuahua
- Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez , 1989-2005
- José Luis Amezcua Melgoza , 2005–2013
- Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Colima (Spanish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Colima on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII : Const. Apost. Cristifidelium utilitati , AAS 53 (1961), n.11 , p. 593ff.
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Quo aptius , AAS 55 (1963), n.4, p. 210ff.
- ↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. Qui omnium , AAS 64 (1972), n.6, p. 419ff.