Diocese of Tarahumara
| Diocese of Tarahumara | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chihuahua |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Manuel González Sandoval MNM |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 31,353 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 317,000 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 307,000 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 96.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,822 |
| Friars | 28 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 143 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
The diocese of Tarahumara ( lat. : Dioecesis Tarahumarensis , span. : Diócesis de Tarahumara ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Guachochi .
history
The diocese of Tarahumara was on May 6, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Chihuahua as Mission sui juris Tarahumara . The Mission sui juris Tarahumara was founded on June 23, 1958 by Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Si qua inter raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On December 20, 1993, the Apostolic Vicariate Tarahumara was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum esset and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Chihuahua as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Tarahumara
- Salvador Martínez Aguirre SJ , 1958–1973
- José Alberto Llaguno Farias SJ, 1975-1992
Bishops of Tarahumara
- José Luis Dibildox Martínez , 1993–2003, then Bishop of Tampico
- Rafael Sandoval Sandoval MNM , 2005–2015, then Bishop of Autlán
- Juan Manuel González Sandoval MNM, since 2017