Archdiocese of Chihuahua

	Archdiocese of Chihuahua
Basic data
Country	Mexico
Diocesan bishop	Constancio Miranda Weckmann
Emeritus diocesan bishop	José Fernández Arteaga
Vicar General	Leopoldo Prieto Rivero
founding	1891
surface	73,956 km²
Parishes	66 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Residents	1,487,937 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics	1,385,649 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
proportion of	93.1%
Diocesan priest	119 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
Religious priest	27 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Catholics per priest	9,491
Permanent deacons	8 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Friars	33 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 )
Religious sisters	161 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana de Chihuahua
Website	http://www.arquichi.org.mx/
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Ciudad Juárez ; Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera ; Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes ; Diocese of Parral ; Diocese of Tarahumara

Chihuahua Cathedral

The Archdiocese of Chihuahua ( Latin : Archidioecesis Chihuahuensis , Spanish : Arquidiócesis de Chihuahua ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Chihuahua ( Mexico ).

history

The diocese of Chihuahua was on June 23, 1891 by Pope Leo XIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Illud in primis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Durango and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On May 6, 1950, the Diocese of Chihuahua gave up parts of its territory to establish the Mission sui juris Tarahumara . Another area assignment took place on 10 April 1957 establishing the with the Apostolic Constitution In similitudinem Christ erected Diocese of Ciudad Juarez .

On November 22, 1958, the Diocese of Chihuahua was by Pope John XXIII. elevated to an archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Supremi muneris Nostri . The Archdiocese of Chihuahua announced on April 25, 1966 parts of its territory establishing the with the Apostolic Constitution In Christ similitudinem established territorial prelate Madera from. Another area assignment, carried out on 11 May 1992 to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Qui de Ecclesiis erected Diocese of Parral . On November 17, 1995, the Archdiocese of Chihuahua gave the Apostolic Constitution Cum praelatura parts of its territory to the Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chihuahua

José de Jesús Ortíz y Rodríguez , 1893–1901, then Archbishop of Guadalajara
Nicolás Pérez Gavilán y Echeverría , 1902-1919
Antonio Guízar y Valencia , 1920–1958

Archbishops of Chihuahua

Antonio Guízar y Valencia, 1958–1969
Adalberto Almeida y Merino , 1969-1991
José Fernández Arteaga , 1991–2009
Constancio Miranda Weckmann , since 2009

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Chihuahua - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on the Archdiocese of Chihuahua on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Pius XII : Const. Apost. In similitudinem Christi , AAS 49 (1957), n. 15, p. 885ff.
↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Supremi muneris Nostri , AAS 51 (1959), n.8, p. 408ff.
↑ Paul VI : Const. Apost. In Christi similitudinem , AAS 58 (1966), n.9, p. 623f.
↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Qui de Ecclesiis , AAS 85 (1993), n.1, p. 6ff.
↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum praelatura , AAS 88 (1996), n.2, p. 142ff.

[1] Pius XII : Const. Apost. In similitudinem Christi , AAS 49 (1957), n. 15, p. 885ff.

[2] Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Supremi muneris Nostri , AAS 51 (1959), n.8, p. 408ff.

[3] Paul VI : Const. Apost. In Christi similitudinem , AAS 58 (1966), n.9, p. 623f.

[4] Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Qui de Ecclesiis , AAS 85 (1993), n.1, p. 6ff.

[5] Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum praelatura , AAS 88 (1996), n.2, p. 142ff.