Orizaba diocese
| Orizaba diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jalapa |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino |
| founding | 2000 |
| surface | 2,012 km² |
| Parishes | 42 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 585.017 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 533.515 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 91.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 76 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,506 |
| Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 134 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel |
| Website | www.diocesisdeorizaba.com |
The Diocese of Orizaba ( lat. : Dioecesis orizabensis , span. : Diócesis de Orizaba ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Orizaba .
history
San Miguel Arcángel Cathedral in Orizaba
The diocese of Orizaba was established on April 15, 2000 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Adiutorium ferre from cession of territory to the Archdiocese of Jalapa and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Orizaba
- Hipólito Reyes Larios , 2000–2007, then Archbishop of Jalapa
- Marcelino Hernández Rodríguez , 2008–2013, then Bishop of Colima
- Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino , since 2015
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Orizaba - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Adiutorium ferre , AAS 92 (2000), n.7, p. 571ff.