Diocese of Ecatepec
| Diocese of Ecatepec | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla |
| Diocesan bishop | Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc MG |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Onésimo Cepeda |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 204 km² |
| Parishes | 97 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,633,631 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,408,861 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 86.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 134 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,584 |
| Permanent deacons | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 125 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral dal Sagrado Corazón de Jesús |
| Website | http://www.diocesis-ecatepec.org.mx/ |
The Diocese of Ecatepec ( lat. : Dioecesis Ecatepecensis , span. : Diócesis de Ecatepec ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ecatepec de Morelos .
history
The Diocese of Ecatepec was established on June 28, 1995 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Ad curam pastoralem from the cession of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla and the Diocese of Texcoco and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla as a suffragan .
Bishops of Ecatepec
- Onésimo Cepeda , 1995–2012
- Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc MG , since 2012
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Ecatepec - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Ad curam pastoralem , AAS 87 (1995), n.12, p. 1079ff.