Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara

Diocese of Tarahumara
Dioecesis Tarahumarensis
Diócesis de Tarahumara
Location
Country Mexico
Ecclesiastical province Province of Chihuahua
Metropolitan Guachochi
Statistics
Area 12,110 sq mi (31,400 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
306,000
296,000 (96.7%)
Parishes 15
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 23 June 1958 (60 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Co-cathedral Co-Cathedral of the Sweet Name of Mary
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop Constancio Miranda Weckmann
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarahumara (Latin: Dioecesis Tarahumarensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua. It was erected as a mission sui juris in 1950 and was elevated, first to a vicariate apostolic in 1958, then to a diocese in 1993.

Ordinaries

  • Salvador Martinez Aguirre, S.J. (19581973)
  • José Alberto Llaguno Farias, S.J. (19751992)
  • José Luis Dibildox Martínez (19932003)
  • Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. (2005 )

Episcopal see

  • "Diocese of Tarahumara". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-05.

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