Diocese of Gómez Palacio
| Diocese of Gómez Palacio | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Durango |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Estrada Solórzano |
| founding | 2008 |
| surface | 27,405 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 616,684 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 493,350 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80% |
| Diocesan priest | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,674 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe |
The Diocese of Gomez Palacio ( lat. : Dioecesis Gomez Palaciensis , span. : Diócesis de Gómez Palacio ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Gómez Palacio .
history
The diocese Gómez Palacio was on November 25, 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Metropolitanae Ecclesiae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Durango and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Gómez Palacio
- José Guadalupe Torres Campos , 2008–2014, then Bishop of Ciudad Juárez
- José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz , 2015–2018
- Jorge Estrada Solórzano , since 2019
See also
Web links
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