Diocese of Tlapa
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Diocese of Tlapa
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| Country | Mexico |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Acapulco |
| Diocesan bishop | Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga |
| founding | 1992 |
| surface | 11,480 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 518,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 485,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 93.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 42 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,981 |
| Friars | 14 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 71 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Agustin |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdetlapa.mx/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tlapa ( lat. : Dioecesis Tlapensis , span. : Diócesis de Tlapa ) is in Mexico located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tlapa .
history
The diocese of Tlapa was established on January 4, 1992 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Efflorescentem Mexici from cession of the diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Acapulco as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Tlapa
- Alejo Zavala Castro , 1992–2005, then Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa
- Oscar Roberto Domínguez Couttolenc MG , 2007–2012, then Bishop of Ecatepec
- Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga , since 2013
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Efflorescentem Mexici , AAS 84 (1992), n.6, p. 479ff.