Diocese of Tacámbaro
| Diocese of Tacámbaro | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Morelia |
| Diocesan bishop | Gerardo Díaz Vázquez |
| Vicar General | José Díaz-Barriga Salgado |
| founding | 1913 |
| surface | 14,624 km² |
| Parishes | 41 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 374,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 358,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 95.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 85 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4.115 |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 129 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Jerónimo |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdetacambaro.mx/ |
The diocese Tacámbaro ( lat. : Dioecesis Tacambarensis , span. : Diócesis de Tacámbaro ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tacámbaro .
history
The diocese of Tacámbaro was established on July 26, 1913 by Pope Pius X. from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Michoacán and the Diocese of León and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Michoacán as a suffragan . On April 30, 1962, the diocese Tacámbaro were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Quo Aptius erected diocese Apatzingán from. Another area assignment, carried out on 27 October 1964 on the establishment of the Apostolic Constitution Populo Dei erected Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano .
Bishops of Tacámbaro
- Leopoldo Lara y Torres , 1920-1933
- Manuel Pío López Estrada , 1934–1939, then Bishop of Veracruz-Jalapa
- José Abraham Martínez Betancourt , 1940–1979
- Luis Morales Reyes , 1979–1985, then Coadjutor Bishop of Torreón
- Alberto Suárez Inda , 1985–1995, then Archbishop of Morelia
- Rogelio Cabrera López , 1996–2001, then Bishop of Tapachula
- José Luis Castro Medellín MSF , 2002-2014
- Gerardo Díaz Vázquez , since 2014
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Tacámbaro - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII : Const. Apost. Quo aptius , AAS 55 (1963), n.4, p. 210ff.
- ↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. Populo Dei , AAS 57 (1965), n.12, p. 823ff.