Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos
| Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Guadalajara |
| Diocesan bishop | Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Felipe Salazar Villagrana |
| founding | March 25, 1972 |
| surface | 12,000 km² |
| Parishes | 89 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 929,365 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 895.275 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 96.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 311 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,729 |
| Friars | 48 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 455 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de San Juan de los Lagos |
| Website | dsanjuan.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis a Lacubus , span. : Diócesis de San Juan de los Lagos ) is a in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Juan de los Lagos .
history
The diocese of San Juan de los Lagos was founded on March 25, 1972 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Qui omnium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara and the Diocese of Colima and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Guadalajara as a suffragan .
Bishops of San Juan de los Lagos
- Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero , 1972-1980
- José López Lara , 1981–1987
- José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco , 1988–1999
- Javier Navarro Rodríguez , 1999–2007, then Bishop of Zamora
- Felipe Salazar Villagrana , 2008-2016
- Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe , since 2016
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos (Spanish)
- Entry on the Diocese of San Juan de los Lagos on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Qui omnium , AAS 72 (1964), n.6, p. 419ff.