Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes
| Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chihuahua |
| Diocesan bishop | Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez |
| founding | 1977 |
| surface | 36,320 km² |
| Parishes | 24 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 146,900 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 127,800 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 87% |
| Diocesan priest | 31 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,454 |
| Friars | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Medalla Milagrosa |
The Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes ( lat. : Dioecesis Neograndicasensis , span. : Diócesis de Nuevo Casas Grandes ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Nuevo Casas Grandes .
history
The Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes was founded on April 13, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Praecipuum animarum from assignments of territory by the Diocese of Ciudad Juárez as the territorial prelature Nuevo Casas Grandes . On June 3, 2000, the territorial prelature Nuevo Casas Grandes was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Constat praelaturam .
The Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Chihuahua as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Nuevo Casas Grandes
- Hilario Chavez Joya MNM , 1977-2000
Bishops of Nuevo Casas Grandes
- Hilario Chavez Joya MNM, 2000-2004
- Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López , 2004–2010, then Bishop of Tabasco
- Jesús José Herrera Quiñonez , since 2011
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Praecipuum animarum , AAS 69 (1977), n.8, p. 433f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Constat praelaturam , AAS 92 (2000), n.9, p. 661f.