Archdiocese of Acapulco
| Archdiocese of Acapulco | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Diocesan bishop | Leopoldo González González (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Felipe Aguirre Franco |
| founding | March 18, 1958 |
| surface | 18,000 km² |
| Parishes | 76 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 1,468,117 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 1,252,569 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 85.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 105 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,352 |
| Permanent deacons | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 21 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 105 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Soledad |
| Website | arquiacapulco.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano Diocese of Tlapa |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Acapulco ( lat. : Archidioecesis Acapulcana , span. : Arquidiócesis de Acapulco ) is one in Mexico located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Acapulco .
history
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The Archdiocese of Acapulco was founded on March 18, 1958 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo aptiori from cession of territory by the Diocese of Chilapa as the Diocese of Acapulco and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Mexico as a suffragan diocese. On 27 October 1964, the Diocese of Acapulco were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Populo Dei erected Diocese of Ciudad Altamirano from.
On February 10, 1983, the diocese of Acapulco was raised to an archbishopric by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quo maius .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Acapulco
- José del Pilar Quezada Valdéz , 1958–1976
- Rafael Bello Ruiz , 1976-1983
Archbishops of Acapulco
- Rafael Bello Ruiz, 1983-2001
- Felipe Aguirre Franco , 2001-2010
- Carlos Garfias Merlos , 2010–2016, then Archbishop of Morelia
- Leopoldo González González , since 2017
See also
- Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Acapulco) , Cathedral of the Archdiocese
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses
- Roman Catholic Church in Mexico
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Acapulco (Spanish)
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Acapulco on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 2, 2018.